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by OJFord 1635 days ago
> is completely superfluous to what it takes to transact business.

Except that it makes you aware of the techniques used on you, and able to use them yourself.

I bet English teachers in the UK loved (the 90s Prime Minister) Blair's 'education, education, education' (as a teaching point, aside from how their colleagues might have)!

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> Except that it makes you aware of the techniques used on you, and able to use them yourself.

To some extent, but even a really good reading level is only going to give you a shallow understanding of that area. There's probably other aspects you'd want to focus on first.