it's true. once you've gone "deep" for a few years in at least one technical domain, that depth transfers pretty well to the next big new thing you didn't know you'd have to learn when you started. i think the fear about the new regime is that people will be denied the opportunity to obtain depth in anything. like we'll encounter the human equivalent of domestication syndrome.

i remember when certain loud individuals believed that {managed memory | IDE auto-complete | statistical db optimizers | programming languages higher than assembly level | ...} were going to make everyone stupid. but the higher-order systems have continued to present rich problems to engage the mind and spark creativity. this era feels different though, the worry more pressing.