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Re:Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good by hopler on Sunday March 24, 2019 @09:32AM (#19476235)
Marvin Minsky suggested that LEGO corresponded to the decline of America inventiveness, because LEGO structures are mechanically fake.

Seems analogous to the argument against video games replacing blocks.

https://youtu.be/g5vPVJsZ948

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Re:Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good by egypturnash on Sunday March 24, 2019 @12:14PM (#19477085)
"Mechanically fake"? Did he make this argument before or after the Technix line existed? Because that stuff will teach you a ton about how physical machines work.
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