Talking to Dylan at the store and realizing that he really doesn't know much about the big comic crash of the mid-90s. I mean, he knows the outlines. 

What I keep forgetting is that he was even born when all that happened. 

So much of the way the market works these days is a result of that time period. For instance, Dylan knows what the FOC is (basically, final ordering) but doesn't know why it exists, how a retailer in San Francisco (Brian Hibbs, kudos) sued Marvel for not delivering on time and what we ordered.

Or why Diamond had a monopoly on comics and the fall out that is happening because Diamond not only isn't the only wholesaler now, they're barely a presence in the market anymore. 

Does Dylan need to know? Probably not. But to me, everything follows from what happened before. It's why experience counts for so much. 

As I've been mentioning in other posts, it seems to me that most people only learn from their own mistakes--but I'd still like to help them avoid mistakes, if I can.