Once we learn something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it and thus find it difficult to think about problems from the perspective of lesser-informed people. The more knowledgeable you became on a subject, the more unnatural it becomes to communicate that idea in a simple and clear way. In short, knowledge itself becomes a barrier to its own propagation.

Primary origin: Colin Camerer; George Loewenstein; Martin Weber

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