> I think there's also a lot of survivorship bias. this is critical to keep in mind every time somebody is wanking about how old things are better. you only s

> I think there's also a lot of survivorship bias. this is critical to keep in mind every time somebody is wanking about how old things are better. you only see the old things that happened to make it. the cast iron pan that happened not to have any voids near the surface, the cheap wooden furniture that happened not to have any sapwood in the pieces used for it. or whatever.