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We certainly have a problem in the US that we never remove laws. And we really need to start removing them. Our congressional register is INSANE.

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I’ve always liked the terminology Evolutionary - signifying incremental improvements on an existing product or rule set versus Revolutionary - signifying fundamental changes to architecture or guiding principals

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Yes, very useful terminology!

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Aug 21Liked by Andrew Smith

You know, I'm something of a bad boy myself.

I can't believe I'm admitting this in public, but I once---and this is true---ended up walking across a road just after the traffic light turned from green to red.

Man, I'm getting an adrenaline rush just remembering this right now.

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We need soft rulebreakers like you in society.

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Aug 21Liked by Andrew Smith

Who're you calling soft?!

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The creative arts are in and of themselves a form of rational irreverence. It is said that poets are "the unacknowledged legislators of the world" because their audience and influence outweighs many governments, and I would expand that to all of the arts. The Internet has certainly expanded the number of "unacknowledged legislators" out there in terms of trends, language, commerce etc.

(And yes: middle school (junior high in my case) is a pressure cooker environment. Which is probably why American animators portray and critique it with "rational irreverence" so often).

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I agree. This extends to all creative fields, and it's common across all creative endeavors.

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