1 min readFeb 21, 2019
Reminds me a little of the sorts of conversations happening around the removal of the Beta label on Google products.
In some cases, “everything is a prototype” can almost seem like a sort of pseudo-enlightened dogma. A sort of digital Buddhism where we all have to accept the impermanence and ever evolving nature of things. Frankly I find that broad definitions make it difficult to come together and work on something effectively. More time will be spent arguing about the precise meaning of the definition than knowing where he bounds are of what needs to be done.
This quote from the NYT article captures it well:
Mr. Smith said Google probably retained the beta label for so long because it had a coolness factor that appealed to the digerati.
