alt Hacker NewsThere is a general pattern I've noticed, where people from past generations fail to share the lessons they have learned somewhere that is accessible for the next generations, so they are stuck repeating the lesson.
In particular, the next generation might recognize some aspects that seem bad and be confused over how to prioritize correctly because they don't know any better.
But they do share it.
It is just that it is some combination of behind closed doors, for competitive advantage, and/or the new generations don’t want to hear it.
Previous generations had learned long ago that sharing everything in public, or even in patents, was a bad idea for long term survival, a lesson that has now taken on a more extreme form.