Deterioration of the classics

• The value is Hard to change for the high abstraction of classic. But the less abstract part that is the foundation to explain it deteriorates.
• Specific example: “How to Use Punch Cards to Make Organizing Easier” in Jiro Kawakita’s “Idea Method,” p. 49
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These parts are not important today and can be ignored, but you can’t ignore the foundation and just get the summit.

• - Taking the top of the pyramid is not what I expected.

• The “why?” of [Chasing the classics and the latest is an anti-fragile strategy. A thought that came to mind when I was thinking about

• You have to fill the foundation with something.

• The need for this “foundation” to be up-to-date doesn’t come out of the discussion here.

  • I guess it’s a “whatever works, the newer the better.” kind of thing.
    • Waiting for the test of time will not give you first-mover advantage.

relevance - You can’t learn directly from something that is “hard to change.” - PDCA and error back propagation

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