Perhaps this is a question of taste. The style of piece I mean is 'aped' by the article is "What X can teach us about Y". I've read some really good pieces by

Perhaps this is a question of taste. The style of piece I mean is 'aped' by the article is "What X can teach us about Y". I've read some really good pieces by The Economist in this tradition, that examine historical case studies for modern insights. Some other examples from HN in that style. I don't think these are particularly brilliant, but I don't think they're fatally flawed. I found that their analogy explained rather than obfuscated. http://alexkudlick.com/blog/what-the-four-color-theorem-can-teach-us-about-writing-software/ http://alexkudlick.com/blog/what-the-four-color-theorem-can-... https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/what-the-count-of-monte-cristo-can-teach-us-about-cybersecurity https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/what-th...