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by Arisaka1 1154 days ago
Because the human brain has the capacity to frame specific pieces of work in their time periods, understand the discrepancies between past and present and work around it.

I would also like to offer an additional counterpoint: Leaving work intact will, not only preserve the work "as is", but also contribute to future historians the true sociological impression that is aptly accurate for their time period.