Productivity and Entropy(subbu.org)
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Productivity and Entropy
https://www.subbu.org/articles/2026/productivity-and-entropy/
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The competing feedback loops point is the one that stuck with me. AI doesn't resolve the tension between stability and growth it just gives both sides more firepower. The negotiation stays just as hard.
Your "100 teenagers" framing is good but I'd push it further it's 100 teenagers each with a confident senior engineer in their ear. Which is worse, because it kills the self-doubt that makes juniors ask questions.
+1. It is 100 teenagers with a know-it-all attitude.