The wheel of reincarnation is a common phenomena in computing. So is forgetting what was learned on previous trips around the wheel.https://twitter.com/tazsingh/status/977864328199188480 …
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Right, this was a supercomputer at the time but the context has changed considerably. I read a small book once from the late 60s that declared interpreters impossible for efficiency reasons.
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The role of the wheel is to allow enough forgetting so that the new incarnations try things that were previously rejected, but enough remembering that we keep building upward.
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right, the wheel turns and the past contains both positive and negative lessons. Often things that failed in the past can serve as inspirations for today. Anybody who is unaware of past turns or assume they are irrelevent is at a disadvantage.
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Similarly, anyone who rejects divergences from past turns on the wheel is at a disavantage. Part of the way that these divergences happen is the ignorance of youth. Rather than bemoan it, we should ask why their formulations are working better than the last time.
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The answer to "why" is almost always a context shift that can be used to revisit assumptions and build better on top of what we already know. The brashness of youth teaches us a lot and does far more good than harm.
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