Lost Tacit Knowledge Threatens Rapid Nuclear Buildout for AI
gabriel1 · x · 2026-08-01
The author points out that the most economically productive knowledge resides in people's heads rather than in books or on the internet. Things we stop doing quickly become a lost art. This rapid loss of tacit knowledge is concerning, especially if we need to speed-run the construction of massive nuclear energy infrastructure for AI.
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