Paul Graham on Twitter: "Proposal: The vitality of an organization is proportionate to the percentage of their code they delete each year."

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1. Tim Schnell‏ @timateomateo 28 Nov 2016
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  true, but at some point it reverses course as you approach 100%
  
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1. Zack Kanter‏Verified account @zackkanter 28 Nov 2016
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  same for countries and legal code?
  
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1. Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarría‏ @aldamiz 28 Nov 2016
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  cc @pedrotgimenez for you with lots of
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1. Padraig MacAdhastair‏ @PadraigMacA 28 Nov 2016
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  Ditto for governments with laws/regulations.
  
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1. Sai‏ @SylonZero 28 Nov 2016
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  Nice. Especially true since startups have to remember that refactoring alone does little to move products and services forward.
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1. Bobby Dollaz‏ @robertnessler 28 Nov 2016
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  what if you don't have any code?
  
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1. Andrei Popovici‏ @andreipopovici 28 Nov 2016
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  Gods help the org that reaches 100% vitality year after year...
  
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1. kenny goers‏ @kennygoers 28 Nov 2016
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  counter proposal: vitality inversely proportional to the replacement hardware only available on eBay (aka mainframe parts)
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1. Ravi Madduri‏ @madduri 28 Nov 2016
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  agree 100%
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