It's a Tool It's a Person It's a Hypervigilance Problem The tech industry's insistence on distinguishing between "soft skills" — caring for people — and "hard s
The tech industry's separation of "soft skills" like empathy from "hard skills" like engineering rigor is a false dichotomy, according to a critique of cybernetic thinking. This distinction fails under scrutiny, as demonstrated by the example of Margaret Hamilton, who understood that care and code are intertwined. The article argues that this flawed separation, rooted in a focus on measurable impact, leads to a breakdown in real-world applications. AI
IMPACT Critiques the tech industry's approach to skill valuation, which indirectly impacts how AI development and deployment are perceived and managed.