[cbreynoldson]

> You get what data structures made of links truly are: the triviality of a single node that becomes a lot more powerful and complex once it references another one.

I don't think beginners actually make this connection for a while. Linked Lists are introduced analogously to arrays, sets, etc. Beginners think about Linked Lists in terms of what they already know.

As a beginner, I thought of Linked Lists purely as non-contiguous arrays, even though there are deeper concepts behind them.

Unless the beginners already have the perspective of "same having the power as the whole", I don't think this connection gets made for a while. Linked Lists don't expose so much possibility on their own.