Judgment Becomes Scarcer in the Era of Agents
addyosmani · x · 2026-07-16
Addy Osmani's article discusses the growing importance of "judgment."
The core argument is that taste and judgment—previously honed gradually through massive amounts of repetitive practice—are now at risk. With agents completing these "practice problems" for us, younger generations must consciously cultivate these abilities rather than relying entirely on automation to accumulate experience for them.
Approaching it from the angle of personal career growth, the article emphasizes that in the AI era, the truly scarce skill will be making good judgments, not just the speed of task completion.
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