Depends on the discipline though. Hacking will never be communicated accurately to non-hackers in the same way that jazz will never sound right to the non-music

Depends on the discipline though. Hacking will never be communicated accurately to non-hackers in the same way that jazz will never sound right to the non-musician. I do agree that good communicators manage to somehow frame their thoughts in a way that encourages other people to think a little further, and realise some truth that was staring them in the face. After all, peotry is about making new things familar and familar things new. It's unfortunate that great communication is largely unscalable (and hence the reason why YC exists).