Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower
by PickledChris on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:32PM
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That is because you are replying to two different people.
People can learn across layers of abstraction, but specialisation is generally a good thing and creates wealth, a Scottish guy wrote a good book on it.
Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower
by alganet on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:39PM
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There are many industries that specialized but kept and refined old knowledge instead of repeating the same mistakes over and over.
> That is because you are replying to two different people.
He chose to follow the argument of the previous dude, so, it's all the same for me. Everything I said still applies.
Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower
by hluska on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:31PM
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You missed the point of that entire comment didn’t you?
Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower
by alganet on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:37PM
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If I did, people failed to explain why.
I think I made an excellent counterpoint that is not against specialization, but complementary.
This counterpoint is particularly important in an age where specialization is being oversold and mixed with snake oil.
Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower
by rtkwe on Friday July 04, 2025 @04:22PM
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I don't know what raincole's meaning was but can't there doesn't have to be a permanent inability just a current one, IMO backed up by the next sentence about the people making circuit boards not knowing how to refine the raw materials into those that they use. That's what I took it as.
Before, you said people _can't_ (in general, anyone that knows how to code cannot possibly learn how circuits work).
Now, you're saying that _you don't want to learn_. That's on you, buddy. Don't project your insecurities on the whole IT field. People can, and will, learn across many layers of abstraction.