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 # Agorism Hackers Study Guide
 
-During the 90s, the crypto-anarchists sought to apply the emerging
-technology of cryptography to create online zones which contain
-the seed of resistance in their code. Cryptocurrency descends from
-that lineage, and lies at the intersection of economics, politics
-and technology.
-
-The agorists were a community who believed in leveraging economic power
-to create free and democratic parallel societies.  We define revolution
-as a transformation in the moral and political fabric of society. By
-leveraging crypto technology, we can create free online zones.
-
-Money takes money forms, whether cash, credit, loans or debt, and
-changes properties depending on location. Measures like interest rates
-and inflation obscure local differences. In fact the source of power
-lies in economic networks, and money is a unit of account between
-these networks. By understanding economics, we can use technological
-techniques to greatly influence the material and political worlds,
-encoding them with our values and philosophy.
+During the 90s, the crypto-anarchists applied the emerging technology
+of cryptography to create online zones encoded with the seed of
+resistance. Cryptocurrency descends from that lineage, and lies at the
+intersection of economics, politics and technology.
+
+The agorists believed in leveraging economic power to create free and
+democratic parallel societies.  We define revolution as a transformation
+in the moral and political fabric of society. We can leverage crypto
+technology for moral and poltical society and create encrypted free
+zones online.
+
+Money takes many forms, whether cash, credit, loans or debt. The
+properties of money changes depending on its location, while measures like
+interest rates and inflation obscure local differences.
+
+The real source of power lies in economic networks. Money is a unit
+of account between economic networks. By understanding economics, we
+can use technological techniques to greatly influence the material and
+political worlds and encode them with our values and philosophy.
 
 ## Methodology
 
-We critique the student-teacher relation, where a teacher dictates
-a course schedule to a student who has to learn the material.
+Our critique of the student-teacher relation, where a teacher dictates a
+course schedule to a student who has to learn the material, is as follows:
 
 1. Students are not self led, and instead become reliant on an
    instructor, instead of developing independently.
 2. Creativity is supressed since students do not explore and engage
    with knowledge in a dialectic way.
 
-In our system, we have a system of mentorship. Everybody engages in
-study and research inside the organization.  Subjects are not separated
-from one another and we encourage people to read multiple subjects,
-but in a directed way.  Our aim is to train leaders, and bring people
-up. Therefore they must possess:
+Instead we provide a system of mentorship. Everybody engages in study and
+research inside the organization.  Subjects are not separated from one
+another and we encourage people to read multiple subjects in a directed
+way.  Our aim is to train leaders and raise people up.
+
+Leaders must possess:
 
 1. Strategic knowledge to be able to make strong macro analysis and
    direct activity.
-2. Strong skills to directly affect change themselves.
+2. Strong techncial skills to directly affect change themselves.
 
 We emphasize a combination of both. As Marx said: ideas should
 not gather dust in books. We must put our ideas into action through
-practice. However blind undirected action is wasted effort. Therefore
-we seek to foster both aspects in participants.
+practice. However, blind undirected action is wasted effort. Therefore
+we seek to foster both theory and practice in participants.
 
-With the mentorship system, whenever members are studying, they
-are self directed but under the influence of more senior mentors.
-If they get stuck, they can ask mentors for assistance to get past
-difficult concepts or discuss ideas to gain a better understanding.
-Learning through dialogue is encouraged since it creates stronger
-bonds and relations between people in the community.
+With the mentorship system, participants are self directed but are under
+the influence of more senior mentors.  If they get stuck, they can
+ask mentors for assistance to get past difficult concepts or discuss
+ideas to gain a better understanding.  Learning through dialogue is
+encouraged since it creates stronger bonds and relations between people
+in the community.
 
 ## Progression
 
@@ -66,19 +68,18 @@ as essential skills. To start there are two objects of study:
    this will teach you Python programming which will be an essential
    skill for any branch you decide to continue onto.
 
-Programming takes time and dedicated to become proficient at. Many
-people give up during the initial phase which can take more than a
-year. You have to push through it. Once you master programming, it
-becomes enjoyable and fun. Code is the medium of our organization,
-and we are hacker-artists.
+Programming takes time and dedication to become proficient at. Many people
+give up during the initial phase which can take more than a year. You
+have to push through it. Once you master programming, it becomes enjoyable
+and fun. Code is the medium of our organization. We are hacker-artists.
 
 ### Branches
 
-All branches take roughly the same time to become highly proficient
-in, around 1-2 years, but even after 6 months, adherents can begin
-using their acquired knowledge in a practical way with small limited
-tasks. We actively encourage the combination of theory and practice
-to strengthen one another.
+All branches take roughly the same time to become highly proficient in:
+around 1-2 years. Even after 6 months, participants can begin using
+their acquired knowledge in a practical way with small limited tasks. We
+actively encourage the combination of theory and practice to strengthen
+one another.
 
 #### Token Scientist
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ incentive mechanisms and encourage certain user behaviours.
 
 DeFi protocols in crypto make extensive use of token engineering to
 design how liquidity flows in and out of networks, and is an important
-key part of leveraging crypto economic power.
+key part of leveraging cryptoeconomic power.
 
 To become proficient in this area requires study of economics,
 mathematics, and finance. It also makes heavy use of Python programming
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ algorithms to craft the weapons or implements of change that the
 developers use.  They make use of advanced algebra to exploit the
 boundaries or hard limits set by the universe on reality to create
 cryptographic schemes that obey certain properties. They are in a
-sense reality hackers. They hack reality to create systems that obey
+sense reality-hackers. They hack reality to create systems that obey
 objective properties due to the underlying mathematics. Needless to
 say, the advanced cryptographer is a good mathematician.
 
@@ -140,21 +141,20 @@ these schemes using a computer algebra system called
 #### Protocol Engineer
 
 Good knowledge of computer science fundamentals as well as the ability
-to write code. There is also study of algebra but not to the same
-degree as for cryptography.
+to write code. Algebra studies are also required but not to the same
+degree as cryptography.
 
-The protocol engineer is responsible for blockchain consensus
-algorithms, developing p2p networks, and other forms of
-distributed synchronization such as CRDTs. They establish the
-fundamentals for creating distributed applications and hardening the
-anti-censorship properties of crypto. They also harden networks against
-de-anonymization attempts through the use of encrypted mixnetworking
-and other techniques.
+The protocol engineer is responsible for blockchain consensus algorithms,
+developing p2p networks, and other forms of distributed synchronization
+such as CRDTs. They establish the fundamentals for creating distributed
+applications and hardening the censorship-resistant properties of
+crypto. They also harden networks against de-anonymization attempts
+through the use of encrypted mixnetworking and other techniques.
 
 Protocol engineers have to possess a good knowledge about the theory
-behind distributed networks, as well as experience in how they work
-in practice. This topic is part theory, and part practical. They have
-a good grasp of algorithms and computer science theory.
+behind distributed networks, as well as experience in how they work in
+practice. This topic is part theory, part practical. They must have a
+good grasp of algorithms and computer science theory.
 
 #### Other