Seems like not having to go through some of these "algorithms" consciously, but unconsciously knowing the results, will allow for clearer reasoning necessary to process the specifics of the current situation. At least I think that's one of the reasons why the human brain is so powerful. I might be confusing very precise definitions here, but there's a fine line that I don't get.

Back to topic, for what it's worth, I have read appr. the first half of the book and found the content to be not that useful in general. But I think it is related to the form of the book, which is like many big articles on many different subjects, but these subjects are too broad. The authors are certainly top notch and most of them actually deliver some interesting info here or there (though I don't seem to agree with some of the authors, for example Moneymaker's assumptions don't seem to translate well to Europe - but who am I?...), but there's no space to really develop anything. Well, just my two cents.

Excelling at NL will cost you a lot of money. I mean, LOTS and LOTS of $$$$$
All the money will be lost at the tables where you learn to excell. It cannot be from books no matter how many book you can memorize by reading over and over because putting into practice not going to be easy. If you no lose lots of money you cannot become a good player that eventually will recuperate what you lost and finally excelling at NL.