As Nick Szabo points out in this essay, tradition often contains wisdom
The problem is that there is no such thing as “tradition”. In every society bigger than village there are numerous, mostly incompatible traditions. Even in one family often happens that, if you follow grandmother’s way, you anger the other one.
The problem is that there is no such thing as “tradition”. In every society bigger than village there are numerous, mostly incompatible traditions. Even in one family often happens that, if you follow grandmother’s way, you anger the other one.