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“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.” I'm seeing this nostalgic sentiment a lot on forums these
by tetec1 1mo ago
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.”
I'm seeing this nostalgic sentiment a lot on forums these days, but it's not just about bringing back ye old usenet groups: you also need to bring back the way people thought back then. It's hard.
- sph 1mo agoThe sentiment I'm seeing is that, to avoid the rose-tinted bias of nostalgia, we default to believing there is nothing the past has to teach us, and everything is just better today.