People have a limited number of boxes into which to fit a very rich set of concepts emerging in the world of applied computing today. Unfortunately "tech people

People have a limited number of boxes into which to fit a very rich set of concepts emerging in the world of applied computing today. Unfortunately "tech people" are no better than average in dealing with breadth and nuance - and may actually be worse since we specialise. We're also equally vulnerable to the mass-media distortions of emerging concepts ("AI", "Crypto", "Social Networks" etc.), often at the behest of incumbent powers and players. All you can do as an aware hacker is patiently, politely, persistently explain in clear language. Eventually some of it sticks.