# Many things in the world are mystifying/opaque/obscured # Many things in the world are mystifying-opaque-obscured You could also think of them as being “covered in mist.” It is hard to understand what’s *actually* going on, what’s *actually* happening. It’s frustrating. You see the news, you see that someone accomplished something This is why [[Paul Graham’s essays are powerful because they demystify things]] and [[Works that become incredibly popular tend to demystify things]].