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Thus, reinventing it, no?

• close04 7y ago
  Learning from the past isn't to prevent you from reinventing the wheel but from reinventing the pothole.
  • snthd 7y ago
    Nothing wrong with reinventing potholes... https://www.indy100.com/article/this-man-is-painting-penises-on-potholes-so-the-council-has-to-take-action--ekSuZ63mgW https://www.indy100.com/article/this-man-is-painting-penises...
    • close04 7y ago
      Only for those who don't understand the euphemism :). That guy actually learned from past mistakes and avoided reinventing them (methods that never worked). What the original saying is about is pretty clear from the words "condemned" or "doomed" to repeat it (depending on the version). [0] The saying is not about "reinventing the wheel" as in "refining/reinventing something already positive". It's trying to steer people away from major mistakes. Like ones that lead to great human tragedies and loss. Of course, everything can scale, it can affect an individual or the whole world. [0] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana#Vol._I,_Reason_in_Common_Sense https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana#Vol._I,_Reaso...