Why is it so rare for authors to include a summary, outline, diagram, or map at the beginning of each chapter in a book, to help readers locate themselves in the flow? Only example I can think of is N. Taleb's micro-summaries of each chapter.
Any good examples you can show me?
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Interrupts flow and weakens implicit structure. Think free weights versus machines. I really dislike books that do that unless they are literal textbooks with non-trivial technical exercises at the ends of chapters.
🤣 I enjoy tripping up your flow with such meta points
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Hmmm. I actually want my book to become a textbook (beloved by the masses of downtrodden developers). <calls publisher>”Uh, you know I said I’d have it finished...? Well, here’s the thing...” Hmmm.
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