Rachel Thomas points to classic paper on articulating the value of not building tech
math_rachel · x · 2026-10-28
Rachel Thomas references the classic paper "When the Implication is Not to Design (Technology)", which lists questions for articulating the value of absence and of choosing not to build—a counterpoint to AI's build-first, ask-questions-later culture.
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