Dan Jeffries: no one ever regretted learning too much, even in the AI era
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-09-04
Pushing back against the "why bother learning to code" mood, Dan Jeffries argues learning is never wasted: its real value is abstraction, cross-domain association, and building a foundation for thinking. Citing Siddhartha's "I can think, I can wait, I can fast," he frames thinking plus patience as unstoppable. Machines doing everything doesn't matter — the joy comes from learning itself, and every skill learned enriches everything else.
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