Captured 2026-07-02 from Telegram, after Nathan pushed back on technical phrasing in Europe Relocation Brainstorm V1 (2026).
"Please explain this in a simpler manner. Think more Orwellian or Feynman-y, just bringing it down to the simple ideas."
Before asking a question, run the Feynman test: could you explain this question to someone who's never heard the terms? If not, rewrite it.
And the Orwellian test: could you explain this question using only words a 12-year-old could read? If not, rewrite it.
Before (v1): "12+ months of foreign tax residency feasible?"
After (plain English): "Can you stay in Europe for 12+ months at a time, or do you need to come back to Australia regularly?"
The user is signalling class-level preference: when a question is technical, the LLM should pre-translate it into the simple version before asking. The user shouldn't have to ask for the simpler version; the simpler version should be the default.