I ended the last post, “Generative AI and the Programmer,” on a note that’s a Rorschach test for your own outlook on life: the fate of the technology industry relies on the ability of our practitioners to curate and digest information. My own outlook is frankly pessimistic. Most of us have ignored our own history and, worse, the broad range of “liberal arts,” producing professionals uniquely and ironically unsuited to critically engaging with the informational ecosystems that we hav...
