I’ve now lived through like 4-5 tech cycles accompanied by “but what is the use of X?” and “old Y can do what new X does and more, and better” conversations. Sheer waste of time. It never matters. X will do what X will do. X and Y people rarely learn anything from the debate.
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really? never encountered "I invented X, it's so groundbreaking!" "uhh X was figured out like 60 years ago"
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There's always a delta. It's a values difference in how much credit you give the delta. If someone turns EVIL in scrabble into DEVIL, you credit them for 1 letter, I credit them for 5. Authority-respecting traditionalist values vs heretic values.
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