Technology, Systems, & The Ideas Shaping Them
AI doesn't make people smarter or dumber by default. It acts as an unapologetic trajectory accelerator. If you understand architecture, it gives you 10x leverage; if you lack fundamentals, it produces 10x more unmaintainable garbage.
The technology sector didn't multiply its engineering talent over the last decade; it minted a gilded clerical class disguised as innovators. As autonomous agents automate dashboarding and coordination, the aesthetic technologist stands completely exposed.
The technology industry has blurred the boundary between probabilistic intelligence and deterministic execution, creating a profound crisis of vocabulary.