Not sure where that is but, pure imitation, and no innovation does seem to have downsides yes. (Aside from incomplete copying, can mean stuff degrades over time.) That doesn’t mean it isn’t a useful tool. There are other tools as well. Knowledge isn’t always explicit, and doesn’t have to be, but there are benefits to making things more explicit if that knowledge is used.
99% of stuff is best to do starting from the shoulders of giants.
Yeah...unless you acquire all the (explicit) knowledge yourself—approaches that are not imitation will still draw on other’s knowledge and work. (That doesn’t mean all of it will be right, easy to use, or useful.)
Not sure where that is but, pure imitation, and no innovation does seem to have downsides yes. (Aside from incomplete copying, can mean stuff degrades over time.) That doesn’t mean it isn’t a useful tool. There are other tools as well. Knowledge isn’t always explicit, and doesn’t have to be, but there are benefits to making things more explicit if that knowledge is used.
Yeah...unless you acquire all the (explicit) knowledge yourself—approaches that are not imitation will still draw on other’s knowledge and work. (That doesn’t mean all of it will be right, easy to use, or useful.)