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		lazyjones on Nov 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Be careful about what you dislike It's not the responsibility of the author to anticipate future changes that might weaken his current arguments. The reader is responsible for taking into account the time and context of the text they are reading. It's why we like to have e.g. "(2013)" added to anchor texts on HN, for example.

johncolanduoni on Nov 5, 2016 [–]

It is, when the author is writing them (or saying them) in 2016. I thought he made it pretty clear that was what he was complaining about.

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