Technologists have a duty to create, not just critique—quoting Blake
fkasummer · x · 2026-10-25
Developer fkasummer quotes Blake — "I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's" — to argue that technologists should do more than critique. It's a reply to a post claiming technologists can't stop building: everything possible will be created. A snapshot of the ongoing create-vs-critique debate in AI circles.
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