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In the same vein, Jonathan Blow's modestly named "Preventing the Collapse of Civilization" talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko

Crazy how time flies, given that talk is seven years old at this point. But could've been given today, with the points being more relevant than ever.

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This concept of knowledge degenerating between generations is relevant for software developmnent of today, since many junior developers have a hard time finding a job and if they do they just prompt the AI until they get a result.

Can't blame them. What they need is a senior dev as a mentor to pass down tacit knowledge and experience. They might not get that even if they can find a job.

Then they not only stagnate but simply have to prompt to even deliver anything.

One of my favorite talks.