Post B0arSvr4yWuSII9WC0 by eARCwelder@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B0alx8livaIvJ7fWIS by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-11-25T03:59:54Z
       
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       the present is different than the past, but that doesn’t render it superior. its shape derives from path dependence and lock-in much more than it is the result of some ill-defined collective “revealed preference”.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0arSvr4yWuSII9WC0 by eARCwelder@mastodon.social
       2025-11-25T05:01:39Z
       
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       @interfluidity I always get a little demoralized when someone examines something that has gotten measurably worse with time but then qualifies it with a statement to the effect of “but to say the past was in any way better is just pure reaction, yuck” (or, for a more specific example, when a tech skeptic dulls the edge of their criticism of some problematic invention or trend with “now I’m no Luddite or anything…”).