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“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Winston Churchill, 1948. As can be seen, it equally well applies to history of computing. We
by HackerThemAll 3y ago
“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Winston Churchill, 1948.
As can be seen, it equally well applies to history of computing. We keep reinventing the same things only because young coders don't learn from computing history and outright dismiss anything that's more than 1 year old.
- gregjor 3y agoChurchill was paraphrasing George Santayana, and leaving off most of the original. The author of the article we're commenting on included the original quote. The context seems relevant here: Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana
- jiveturkey 3y agoI dunno. It seems to be captured quite concisely in the Churchill version.