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Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower by PickledChris on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:32PM (#44465899)
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.

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Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower by alganet on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:39PM (#44465951)
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.

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