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-{{a|design|[[File: Liverpool modern.jpg|450px|center|Seemed like a good idea at the time.|thumb]]}}Random thoughts on the impermanence of modernism.
+{{a|design|[[File: Liverpool modern.jpg|450px|center|Seemed like a good idea at the time.|thumb]]}}Random thoughts on the impermanence of [[modernism]].
+===The curse of novelty===
+What is new cannot last ''as the new''.  Either it dies, or it grows ''old''. So if your only quality is novelty, you will [[Die Young, Stay Pretty|die young]]. Conclusion: build with qualities ''other than novelty''. If only novelty gets you out of the gate — ''enjoy your fifteen minutes''. Blondie had it backwards: [[Die Young, Stay Pretty|Stay pretty? ''Die young'']].
-Clean lines and flat panels don't age well. They don't take dirt.
+Clean lines and flat panels don’t age well. They don’t take dirt. Old structures ''do'' age well. Dirt and grime ''enhances'' them: gives them an air of ''permanence''. This is maybe a variety of [[Anti-fragile|anti-fragility]]. If your sense of modern is such that it is rendered vulnerable by atrophy, rather than simply stoic, and dignified, steer clear of it. Dirt is [[Signal-to-noise ratio|noise]]. Dignity is [[Signal-to-noise ratio|signal]]. Don't benefit from survivor bias that strips noise from signal.
+===Innovation and plausibility===
+[[Legaltech]] plausibility heuristic — ask: ''why hasn’'t it been done before now?''
-They don't benefit from survivor bias that syrips noise from signal.
+''Good'' answers: “The [[technology]] did not exist before now.” “The regulation did not allow it till now.”
-Trite observations on the new:
+''Bad'' answers: “The market is not yet ready for it.” “Customers lack the necessary vision.”<ref>This is another way of framing the observation: “we do not understand what our customer wants”.</ref>
-The curse of novelty: what is new cannot last ''as the new''.  Either it dies, or it grows ''old''.
+Most nascent [[legaltech]] has only bad answers.
-So if your only quality is novelty, you must die. Conclusion: build with qualities ''other than novelty''. If only novelty gets you out of the gate — ''enjoy your fifteen minutes''.
+(“AI”, machine learning, neural networks ≠ “tech that didn't exist till now”.)
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 *[[Modernism]]
+*[[Legaltech]]
+{{ref}}