> I'm not worried about the machines. The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

We're collectively racing towards the last scene of "Up", justifying each milestone along the way.

I've used this analogy more times than I thought I ever would; no regrets.

We're entering a post-thought era where knowledge itself is devalued and, worse, _seeking_ that knowledge is discouraged.

There's no time to stumble through learning a codebase when Claude can ship features faster than you can think. There's no time to learn.

Pixar warned us. Asimov warned us. Orwell warned us. This phenomenon isn't new; we just now have the technology to finally execute on this vision.

"Man was hitherto unable to realize his wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them, or perish".

   -- William Carlos Williams (quoted in Steve Reich's "The Desert Music")