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Yea, I'm not sure how the "this is really bad so let's make it worse" argument really makes any sense

• znort_ 6mo ago
  context. sometimes things simply have to be broken to give way for something better. ymmv.
  • b00ty4breakfast 6mo ago
    I think there's an unexamined assumption here that "the next thing" is always going to be an improvement but there is no, non-ideological reason to hold to this assumption. Ideally, we would be actively working towards making it so but what often happens is passively riding the current and calling it "progress".
    • znort_ 6mo ago
      >unexamined assumption here that "the next thing" is always going to be an improvement but there is no, non-ideological reason to hold to this assumption i'm not making that assumption at all, so whatever. context: revolutions? if slop is a problem but is barely enough of a problem to collectively do something about it maybe letting it get out of hand would be a good motivation. i'm not advocating for this, just providing it as a possible context where the "this is really bad so let's make it worse" argument could "make sense". progress isn't just a technical issue, it involves people and people need motivation.
• dylan604 6mo ago
  When you get the something worse, the previous suddenly becomes much less worse. With the help of wrapping your memories with "remember when" nostalgia making things much more palatable, the something worse suddenly makes the previous better if not good.