Theres a difference between sophistication and the asthetic of sophistication. Most people attend cultured events and seminars not out of genuine curiosity, but for signaling purposes to look cultured. There are a few dead giveaways people do this, such as asking at the beginning of an event, "what other events do you go to" and if they immediately lead with where else they've been. But not everyone does this, and those are often the quiet ones off to the side, often fed up with performative sophistication. Just tonight, I was just describing my website to a non tech person who was genuinely curious about how tokens flow through AI infrastructure. I kept the conversation at a very high level since he didn't have a technical background and was still able to share trends like optical for improving AI compute due to copper limits. I totally understand most people won't have a PhD background in most topics. However, I think grappling with discomfort goes a long a way to making yourself increasingly receptive to understanding more complex topics and cultivating your taste.