Fair. I probably underestimate the extent to which I’m using jargon sometimes…

I’ve made an effort to be more, idk, colloquial over the years in order to better communicate ML stuff. But I grew up around people who are (non-commie) nerdy and I pretty much embraced it. It doesn’t help that when I do read theory, some of it is academia language to the max and then it causes me to want to reuse that kind of language when talking about ML stuff.

I do think it is an important thing to improve on though. As Maeve pointed out:

I’ve been thinking about verbosity/garroulessness for several months, since I tend to swing from that to being terse to the point it seems rude. With declining literacy and reading comprehension rates in Western societies, it would behoove us to find a middle ground, since attention spans are also in serious decline, for many varied reasons, not the least of which is physical exhaustion and mental/emotional overwhelm.

Being able to meet people where they are at without also losing the core of something is a real pedagogical challenge. I appreciate your effort toward it. Makes me think of a dragon’s hoard.