Tradition -vs- Modernity

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TRADITION -vs- MODERNITY

When it is worth sacrificing “traditional” ways of doing things in the name of modernity, progress, clarity or efficiency?

Do you tend to side with valuing “time-tested” traditions, or you are more sympathetic to “reformers” and in what situations/​contexts?

1. SSC’s review of “Seeing Like A State” https://​​slatestarcodex.com/​​2017/​​03/​​16/​​book-review-seeing-like-a-state/​​
2. Chesterton’s Fence principle https://​​wiki.lesswrong.com/​​wiki/​​Chesterton%27s_Fence
3. Tradition is smarter than you are https://​​scholars-stage.blogspot.com/​​2018/​​08/​​tradition-is-smarter-than-you-are.html

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