# Making things more mystifying is way to hold on to power If what you do is mystical, you are the authority. You are the gatekeeper to the knowledge. Not everybody who makes things more mystifying is trying to hold on to power - sometimes people make things more mystifying because they don’t want people to realize the don’t know what they’re talking about. This is the land of “hand wavy bullshit” * [[Professional thought leaders are incentivized to mystify things]] Sometimes people make things mystifying not out of a desire for power but just because they are lazy - [[Creating legible interfaces is expensive]] <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Making+things+more+mystifying+is+way+to+hold+on+to+power) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Making+things+more+mystifying+is+way+to+hold+on+to+power)