François Chollet says new paradigms can still bypass today’s tech tree
fchollet · x · 2026-07-26
Most people assume every known problem already has a canonical best solution, but François Chollet argues that’s a cognitive trap.
He says the real world was built by people no smarter than us, often “idiots stumbling in the dark,” which means new solutions — and even entirely new paradigms that bypass today’s tech tree — are absolutely possible.
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