I suspect people overestimate the harm of jargon for hypothetical “other people” and underestimate the value. In particular, polls I’ve run on social media have historically gotten results where people have consistently expressed a preference for more jargon rather than for less jargon.
Now, of course, these results are biased by the audience I have, rather than my “target audience,” who may have different jargon preferences than the people who bother to listen to me on social media.
But if anything, I think my own target audience is more familiar with EA jargon, rather than less, compared to my actual audience.
I think my points are less true for people in an outreach-focused position, like organizers of university groups.
I suspect people overestimate the harm of jargon for hypothetical “other people” and underestimate the value. In particular, polls I’ve run on social media have historically gotten results where people have consistently expressed a preference for more jargon rather than for less jargon.
Now, of course, these results are biased by the audience I have, rather than my “target audience,” who may have different jargon preferences than the people who bother to listen to me on social media.
But if anything, I think my own target audience is more familiar with EA jargon, rather than less, compared to my actual audience.
I think my points are less true for people in an outreach-focused position, like organizers of university groups.