I strongly agree with the Johnswentworth’s point! I think my most productive discussions have come from a gears-level/first-example style of communication.
What I’m arguing in this post is very much not that this communication style is bad. I’m arguing that many people will stop listening if you jump straight to this, and you should explicitly track this variable in your head when communicating.
Obviously ‘know your audience and adjust complexity appropriately’ is quite a trivial point, but to me thinking about it with a ‘thought-like-ness’ frame helps me to actually implement tis by asking “how much translating do I need to do for this audience?”
Maybe I should rewrite the post as “Gears in Conversation” or so.
I strongly agree with the Johnswentworth’s point! I think my most productive discussions have come from a gears-level/first-example style of communication.
What I’m arguing in this post is very much not that this communication style is bad. I’m arguing that many people will stop listening if you jump straight to this, and you should explicitly track this variable in your head when communicating.
Obviously ‘know your audience and adjust complexity appropriately’ is quite a trivial point, but to me thinking about it with a ‘thought-like-ness’ frame helps me to actually implement tis by asking “how much translating do I need to do for this audience?”
Maybe I should rewrite the post as “Gears in Conversation” or so.