Support us! Comments Share  Complexity made simple (a.k.a.
killing offramps)  March 10 2009 | Jim's Blog, by Jim  When I
first came on to Surfrider I found myself learning a new
lexicon. Since I had spent a fair amount of time in tech I had
accepted that jargon and buzzwords are an inevitable stage of
getting deeper into a subject. While I still believe that's
true, I also see jargon as the anti-onramp. Ok, it's an offramp.
There... see? I can't even write a post ABOUT jargon without
slipping into my own personal jargon. But wait, let's pause on
that thought for a second.  When we hear people talking about a
subject we are a little bit interested in but hear words we've
never heard before... we tune out. THIS is a problem. We need to
seek ways to bring people closer to the environmental
movement... not give them an excuse to walk away.  The challenge
is how can we take something that IS complex (such as Marine
Protected Areas or Desalinization) and talk about it in everyday
terms. How can we make something co