At first, I was tempted to see this as a disappointing comment, promoting the idea of "If you didn't understand this early, you're not going to, no matter how hard you try, so stop trying," but I think what you could really be saying (correct me if I'm off) is that just because you want to do something, doesn't mean you know how to do it. So, trying to change things for the better takes some serious preparatory work that takes some time to do, learning alternate perspectives that will help you understand better what's really going on, and what tendencies people have that can be used, if people are willing, to help them realize what I've just described. However, if you don't have time for that, just acknowledge it, but also understand that you're not going to have a positive impact on that goal, because you haven't gotten out of your common sense perspective and natural urges, which are only going to make the problem worse if you try to make that impact, because you're not going to understand what you're doing. The comment Alan made at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11940497 is indicative of this concern. However, in defense of this thread, I think everything that Alan has been talking about in here is an attempt to guide people toward learning how to learn so that for those who find the opportunity, they can give that advice a try, and see if this really is for them or not.