In my early 30's I was trained to use abstractions to think.

Before, I used intuition and looked for confirming evidence.

I struggled before I learned about abstractions.

I then built a career solving hard problems.

The problems were often created by people who could not use abstractions to understand what was happening to their business.

Now I realize that this "skill" is not shared by everyone.

I cannot use abstractions in an argument and succeed. They don't understand them.