On: The Last Free Generation (2018)

As a prominent pessimist on this topic, lately I've seen several anecdotal evidence cases where this is actually not that true anymore.

If enough high-level tech talent starts refusing to write such systems then trust me, govts and corps are slowed down and inconvenienced for real. 5 junior programmers can't write software as well as 1 senior.

Sure those orgs might win in the end, but we can delay that "end" with years if not decades. And if they get frustrated by the delays, they'll make a mistake.

As a fellow pessimist, I'm not as convinced.

The most horrific products of the Holocaust did not build themselves. Same with the Chinese and their current endeavors.

Orgs will just continue importing talent from abroad to work around labor shortages.

Governments can always publicly execute a few pain in the ass engineers to make the rest fall in line.

All of that is sadly true. And as citizens we have zero recourse. Not sure what the future holds for basic human rights and liberty.