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Standards always generate debate. They almost always can be improved. But hey, they are usually good enough for most use-cases. The price we end up paying, though, many times without noticing, is that layer over layer of "good enough" ends up making life much harder than it needs to be. But we only change when a single layer is clearly identified as painful enough. The article is technically very interesting, but for the general discussion my main question is: what mechanisms do we have to effectively move forward with standards? Are standards committees (good) enough (when they exist)? Are we moving at the right pace?