@dhh What if you tell them but they choose not to listen?
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@RichKleinAI Then I've done my part, and they've done themselves in. When reality finally becomes undeniable, they'll know.
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@dhh Accepting reality is one thing, but we don't have to just lie down and take it. We may not be able to change the whole world, but we can carve out a piece of it and make it bend to our will. Sometimes the sheep will follow, sometimes not, but that's OK too.
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@dhh You're right. But I think it's good to give people some time and don't do a hard cut-off. Not everyone can adopt that fast. Some (the majority?) needs some time. Not everyone has some million dollars on their bank account and many need to feed their families.
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@hirschnase The more time you need to adjust, the more important it is to get started on that adjustment early. And the hour is already late.
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@dhh I’m a computer science teacher. In your opinion, how should we prepare them for this new era?
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@sudomarchy We still teach kids their time tables even if they use calculators.
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@dhh I watched your Rails World keynote yesterday and I agree that AI is the present and future, that manual coding is nearly dead. How will this impact @37signals search for employees tasked with building applications? Clearly, the old way no longer applies.
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@jkwuc89 @37signals It has already changed. We don't hire for the same attributes any more.
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@dhh @unclebobmartin Keeping a fantasy going is being nice.
Helping to get rid of delusions is being kind.
A person who lives in a fantasy sees less than a blind one.
Helping to get rid of delusions is being kind.
A person who lives in a fantasy sees less than a blind one.
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@dhh It's like treating adults like children.
Nothing good can come of it.
Nothing good can come of it.
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@dhh Being right about doom is a terrible prize. Happy to hear someone call the doomers out.
Being delusionally optimistic about the future is the only way to go.
Being delusionally optimistic about the future is the only way to go.
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@dhh Exactly. It’s the kindest thing to do.
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@EdLatimore “If there is conflict between idea and actual, then the idea is in error.”
~Jed McKenna
And
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
~Philip K. Dick
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@dhh @unclebobmartin My suspicion is that this is going to be an incredibly painful transition for many. Gone are the days of abundant jobs for reclusive code-monkeys.
You can no longer expect to be handed a problem to solve. Problems must be sought out & unearthed by *gasp* talking to people.
You can no longer expect to be handed a problem to solve. Problems must be sought out & unearthed by *gasp* talking to people.
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@dhh the inhabitants of plato's cave will attack you if you tell them about the outside world
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@dhh The problem isn't the prediction. This is like telling people an earthquake is happening when they are already being shaken. That's not truth-telling, that's assuming the room is slower than you.
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@dhh this whole platform is one massive AI echo chamber. lmk when you find reality.
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@dhh I started in Assembly language & a Heathkit. Then Fortran. I hand-punched card decks. That was 1980. I've manually built Karnaugh maps to reduce logic for control systems. No advancement in software has come close to AI. I am 1000X more productive.
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@dhh That sounds like Omarchy. Good on paper, unstable in the real world.
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@dhh The people in fantasy world probably think the same way and here is the problem
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@dhh Agreed, DHH you live in a fantasy world, it’s time to wake up.
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@dhhle seem to think that just because the tools change, we shouldn’t learn the fundamentals.
Keep learning, but by all means use the best tools and tactics available to you. If you have a tank at your disposal, use the tank, not the musket.
Reminds me of the British dying with “honor” against guerrilla fighters during the Revolution.
Keep learning, but by all means use the best tools and tactics available to you. If you have a tank at your disposal, use the tank, not the musket.
Reminds me of the British dying with “honor” against guerrilla fighters during the Revolution.
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@dhh I agree, but they are not easy to guide, they are confident they are correct, even when presented with factual data.
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@dhh When the printing press first appeared, scribes burned them down.
Then sound became a part of film, musician unions raised hell to stop this new technology.
Change = pain for many people.
Then sound became a part of film, musician unions raised hell to stop this new technology.
Change = pain for many people.
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@dhh Umm... you don't have to tell them. That's up to you.
Sometimes the milder approach works better. Because it gives people space to find out by themselves and not just simply be told.
Sometimes the milder approach works better. Because it gives people space to find out by themselves and not just simply be told.
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