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That was one of my takeaways as well. Nothing beats primary sources and aligned incentives. Also just as a practical matter: Professionals are required to trac
by lchengify 3y ago
That was one of my takeaways as well. Nothing beats primary sources and aligned incentives.
Also just as a practical matter: Professionals are required to track the money and engineering, so there's bound to be a paper trail. No one has a good reason to write down the "why" unless it's a cool story to retell. Even then, the details behind the story wouldn't be included.
- SanderNL 3y agoIf anything this renewed my respect for journalism and historians. Just keeping a bunch of boxes with papers around is quite useless without knowing why they exist in the first place.