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Maintainers make the world go round, innovators MAKE the world.

• amelius 9y ago
  Meh, if innovators didn't, somebody else would. As the frontier of knowledge expands, increasingly more low-hanging fruit appears on the horizon.
  • owebmaster 9y ago
    > Meh, if innovators didn't, somebody else would And then this somebody would be an innovator.
    • throwaway91111 9y ago
      Making the label near meaningless. Innovation is inevitable; so too are people claiming credit for it. Honestly, we need a better label for "anti-innovator" (conservative is taken)—they have an oversized personal impact on the world.
  • worldsayshi 9y ago
    If the maintainers didn't make the world go around, somebody else would. Either way those that would have to fill the spots would likely not be as competent in the doing.
    • theparanoid 9y ago
      Without maintenance things decline. Progress is exciting, decay banal. A recent example is the Oroville Dam spillway.