We're in the very early days of computing — expect plenty of surprises ahead
cephaloform · x · 2026-10-08
Reposting @bzogrammer's take: computing is still in its very, very early days, with many people alive who remember a time before the first computers. Our intuition about computing may be no more advanced than the Aristotelian "heavy objects fall faster" — so brace for lots of surprises as the field evolves.
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