The most persuasive part to me is the design argument, not the courtroom framing. Features like infinite scroll and autoplay aren’t neutral defaults; they are choices that predictably shape behavior. Once that’s clear, redesign starts to look less like paternalism and more like basic product responsibility.
This is a nice direction because “simplify” and “oversimplify” are usually very close together. The real value isn’t just making something shorter, it’s preserving the causal structure while changing the vocabulary. I think the diagram part could be especially useful there, since a lot of confusion comes from people not seeing how concepts connect.
What changed for me isn’t that AI writes bad code by default, but that it lowers the friction to adding code faster than the team can properly absorb it. The dangerous part is not obvious bugs, it’s subtle erosion of consistency.
Interesting to see how building more housing in Austin actually lowered rents. The debate about rent control versus new construction is always thought-provoking.