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It's called the curse of knowledge :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge

The best way to get better at the game is to know you have a blind spot. Once you do, then you can come with strategies to work around it. It takes quite a bit of work, especially at first - but like most skills, the more you make the effort to practice them, the less effort and easier they get to accomplish over time.

Whenever I am writing anything explanatory out now, I force myself to step back, and re-read it out loud as if I was reading it to a family member with zero familiarity of the subject. It's pretty effective :) Feels very weird at first, but actually physically reading it out loud is key - forces your brain to process it and not take mental short cuts.




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