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title: Appeal to Novelty
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## O co chodzi?
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It's the belief that 'new is good or better'.
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## How I use [[Knowledge/Mental models/Appeal to Novelty]]?
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I try to judge the usefulness of things not by their date of creation or discovery, but by their actual usefulness. For example, I happen to use older programming languages, libraries or tried-and-true tools than to always rely on the latest technologies, which often pass away very quickly.
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The general rule of thumb is to look at things with the assumption that since they've been in use for X number of years, if there's no indication to the contrary, you can assume that they're just at the peak of their glory and will stay with us for another X number of years. Currently, this rule reflects reality less and less well, and it's worth taking allowances for the rapidly changing world of technology. |