I don&#x27;t really agree with this. We do people a dis-service if our goal is to simplify things rather than help equip people with the knowledge and skills they need to truly understand a subject.<p>Things can only <i>be</i> simplified and abstracted when there are people who are willing to get into the weeds and &#x27;geek out&#x27; about the hard to understand and hard to explain stuff. A lot of that knowledge is hard earned, through great perseverance  and personal discipline. There is joy in that which many people miss out on. I wish <i>more</i> people indulged in geeking out.