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Yes.
I felt like I was slogging through this article to glean the relevant bits, which turned out to be the axioms and principles and the history and study evidence for the efficacy of the system.
To the author:
Keep those relevant bits. Expand on them with examples and ramifications. Cut everything else. Aggressively.
Assume that you're talking to people who already care about the effectiveness of instructional methods; who are already basically aware of issues such as neurotypicality/neurodiversity even; and who are aware of the difference between saying you care about a goal, and actually acting to maximize that goal.
Assume that we already have knowledge and skills that we desperately want to teach, because we highly value ensuring that humanity retains that knowledge and those skills. Give us tools to accomplish our existing goals.