On Indexes and Standards
An index is a communication meeting point, a way to describe something constantly changing and agree on a temporary pause, an evolutionary truce. If we allow indexes to be written freely and not stand stale on shelves, they are a useful tool.
There are 2 main pitfalls:
If an index becomes a communication product, it will economically resist change…
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