I really like this perspective. One of the more, well, common, criticisms of Common Lisp is that the standard is stagnant. Reframing it as stable is great rhetoric and also sound dialectic. I've only been using CL for about half as long as you have, but I still appreciate that stability greatly. Also, it's not as if CL deprives neophiles of opportunity[1].

[1] https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/state-of-the-common-lisp...