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You've given a while bunch of definitions for what you interpret modern to mean but none of those are inherent in the word which is what (I think) the op meant
by vxNsr 10y ago
You've given a while bunch of definitions for what you interpret modern to mean but none of those are inherent in the word which is what (I think) the op meant when complaining about its over usage.
So while I appreciate your attempt to redefine "modern" with all the above I'd rather people just used the more verbose explanation instead of using the meaningless term.
- sitkack 10y agoMy personal list of "I'd rather" is pretty large. We should get together and compare notes.
- barrkel 10y agoNothing is inherent in a word other than what people understand it to mean, and the worlds where 'modern' is a term of jargon are larger overall than computing. It has fairly specific meanings in art, architecture, literature, and music. Grandparent referred to the meaning of the jargon term in architecture. It's not his personal redefinition; it's an interpretation of a widespread understanding of the word mapped analogously to software. Jargon is important. We'd have a hard time communicating if we could never create new words or imbue existing ones with new meanings by analogy. The more verbose explanation is mostly useful for laymen and beginners.
- cmrdporcupine 10y agoHe's not redefining the term, he's giving the 'official' definition of modern from the humanities. The word has spread in popular vernacular to mean 'the present' or 'contemporary' but for historians, philosophers, architects, art critics, critical theorists, etc. "modern" refers to a bunch of things, and the "modern era" is considered by many of them to be either over, extended, or exaggerated.