[HN Gopher] The Great Pendulum
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       The Great Pendulum
        
       Author : K0nserv
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2023-07-10 10:11 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | numeri wrote:
       | This is reminiscent of the Hegelian dialectic. I'll probably
       | misrepresent it, but as I understand it, it's the idea that
       | society evolves slowly but surely through a constant three step
       | process:                 - Society swings to one extreme (called
       | the thesis)            - Part of society reacts to the extreme
       | and in the other direction, often to the extreme (the antithesis)
       | - Society recognizes the downsides of both extremes and ends up
       | somewhere in the middle (the synthesis)
       | 
       | This process might repeat multiple times, with each swing getting
       | less extreme, or it might just need one go-round, but it
       | generally matches a lot of human behavior I've seen. Whether
       | programming paradigms, managing styles, political issues (over-
       | vs. under-regulation), etc., this view seems to apply
       | historically, and gives me a lot of hope for humanity's chances
       | for eventual success in the long-term.
       | 
       | On the other hand, I may totally be misunderstanding the Hegelian
       | dialectic, as I only was half listening in my intro to philosophy
       | class, so if anyone here has corrections for me, I'd love to
       | learn.
        
         | ahf8Aithaex7Nai wrote:
         | It is often presented this way, but there is no synthesis in
         | Hegelian dialectics.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic#Hegelian_dialectic
        
       | convolvatron wrote:
       | this is needlessly reductive. to me the steps forward aren't
       | about finding the sweet spot but bulldozing al that stuff under
       | with new paradigms. I would hope that eventually the
       | server/client distinction just disappears from consideration. or
       | that its aligned with something more important like data
       | sovereignty than programmer convenience.
        
       | KnobbleMcKnees wrote:
       | CoffeeScript!
       | 
       | Now there's a name ...
        
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