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Dealing with people and organizations who don't take lessons of history seriously is very easy: take note, and outcompete them without breaking a sweat. Let the
by rdancer 11y ago
Dealing with people and organizations who don't take lessons of history seriously is very easy: take note, and outcompete them without breaking a sweat. Let them fail! This is one of the respects in which capitalism is unequivocally a force for good.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoUnfortunately this does not at all apply to the software industry where many advances can be dismissed out of incredulity, or a parochial reaffirmation of the status quo either because of path dependence, or simply because of a perceived achievement in local optimum and incapability of further introspection. There are no scientific principles followed as such.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoThere's also the Worse is Better phenomenon now known as "ship early" or "time to market advantage." They just try to get something going that works without much time to think on it or research the history.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoIt's almost as if the GP's 'capitalism!' explanation is just ideology and doesn't stand up to the real world.