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> "modern" is a thought smell Sometimes it's a thought smell, but sometimes it's shorthand for "has learned the lessons of recent history", which is indeed val
by andrewflnr 7y ago
> "modern" is a thought smell
Sometimes it's a thought smell, but sometimes it's shorthand for "has learned the lessons of recent history", which is indeed valuable.
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- wwweston 7y ago"Code smell" isn't an automatic "something is definitely wrong," it's an indication that maybe something is wrong. By analogy, "modern" might indeed sometimes mean "has learned the lessons of recent history." One can even sometimes test this by asking people what they mean by "modern." My experience is that they usually don't know, or have a conception uncomfortably close to "it was released more recently" or "it's more like what everybody does right now," which are both certainly worth observing... but stopping there is where the thinking becomes distinctly less so.
- shawnz 7y agoThe trouble is when it's shorthand for "forgotten the lessons of ancient history"
- singingfish 7y agoor worse, forgotten the lessons of recent history