Curse of Expertise

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconexperts explain poorly
Executive Parlanceknowledge gap
Scholarly Discourseexpert-novice asymmetry
Babel ZenithCurse of Expertise
Origin: Education

Etymology & Meaning

Experts unable to explain things simply.

In the Boardroom

Specialists who can't communicate with laypeople.

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