>The article is frustrating because it puts the blame onto the listener That wasn't the impression I got from the article - I think the title was a tongue in c

>The article is frustrating because it puts the blame onto the listener That wasn't the impression I got from the article - I think the title was a tongue in cheek way of saying quite the opposite: telling people isn't enough, it's your job as the explainer to guide people through the full path to understanding. That's more or less what you described in the rest of your post, so I sense you're in concordance with the author