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		bluGill 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Transparent leadership beats servant leadership The problem is when things evolve we no longer know if someone refers to the evolved form or the original. Or more importantly if the evolved form retains the important parts of the original.

f1shy 1 day ago [–]

Exactly. And like evolution, what of the millions of species it evolved to are referring to.

IMHO either stick with the original, or say “like X with following changes/details” or just go with a new thing.

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