Curse of Knowledge

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

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconforgetting what you didn't know
Executive Parlanceexpertise blindness
Scholarly Discourseinformation asymmetry assumption
Babel ZenithCurse of Knowledge
Origin: Behavioral Economics

Etymology & Meaning

Assuming others have the same background knowledge you do.

In the Boardroom

Engineers building products too complex for average users.

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