[mannykannot]

So one must choose between seeing every issue as a stark dichotomy, or never doing so?

[brookst]

I am choosing to believe you were smiling and enjoying the humor in that question.

[stronglikedan]

Some people think sustaining debates by splitting hairs indefinitely is productive, some don’t. Debating the point isn’t useful because there’s no objective truth to get to.

[robertlagrant]

You're doing the same thing, but instead of invention/innovation you're saying how productive something is. That is also a sliding scale.