The article fails to address the bigger issue: if enough data is provided and the information becomes clear, what then is the resultant?
Without a genera A.I. (which we are a long way from) how can the process work be done and what will it mean if it can be done? We’d like to think that we’d be more productive... we’d create new and better “things”... but if history is any guide, we’d simply focus on straightforward profit generating bullshit...
As a developer who has risen through management ranks quickly I can say that without training and support I would have very readily lived this principle. One set of skills can only be partially transferable to the new demands of management.
Agreed on both points. The shift will bring a lot of opportunity to build a more decentralized repo base. I think something like (Keybase)[http://keybase.io] might be interesting.