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Advice worth repeating

15th January 2004

Tim Bray’s Laws of Explanation:

The First Law

When you’re explaining something to somebody and they don’t get it, that’s not their problem, it’s your problem.

The Second Law

When someone’s explaining something to you and you’re not getting it, it’s not your problem, it’s their problem.

Posted 15th January 2004 at 4:54 am · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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