'Not knowing things' is now a flex — a post-LLM culture shift
zeeg · x · 2026-11-04
Developer zeeg muses on X: when did not knowing things become something people flex? He wonders whether this attitude existed before LLMs and he simply forgot — noting that nobody used to brag "haha look, I can apply stitches myself, doctors are useless!" The post points at a cultural shift where AI tools make accomplishing tasks without understanding them normal, eroding the old stigma around not knowing.
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