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		fouc on April 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in compa... My dad took the advanced courses for physics, math, organic chem in first year University of Toronto in 1970. I've seen his textbooks and they were on the same level of this. Much more advanced than what I saw in the 90s/00s. More focus on reasoning from first principles, less focus on easily approachable material. Basically I'm saying that baby boomers had more advanced textbooks in their university period compared to what their kids got in the 90s/00s. But also less people went to university back then, it was more rigorously academic back then.

Guest42 on April 22, 2020 | [–]

Yes, I think that websites are an analogous in the sense that eventually adding features starts to get in the way

throw1234651234 on April 22, 2020 | [–]

I find this to be true. It seems like there was more focus on the very, very basics. Now there is a ton of filler and the content gets lost. E.g.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAw79386WI

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