the trouble is that the Cogs Model (as it is put here) allows you to get shit done with lower skill levels. sure, it won't be perfect. and yes, if you had better programmers you could do it better. but these are pragmatic timse for most of us.

so he's right (in the abstract).

but for the reality most of us operate in he's wrong because Done is Better than Perfect.

that said... the "New is Good" thing needs to die. We're not freaking magpies people.