Popularizing should always be done in such a manner that one would elevate people by it. If one stoops down, one should always take care of elevating even those people to whom one descends.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Popularizing should elevate the audience, not lower the content to match them.
- In plain terms
- Make things popular by raising people up, not lowering the standard.
- What can you take from it?
- Respect your audience even when simplifying.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you simplify without dumbing down?
- Who benefits?
Another view
Sometimes simplification lowers quality.
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