Reactions to Baldur Bjarnason's - "The Old World of Tech is Dying"

This morning, I read a fascinating essay from Baldur Bjarnason:

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-old-world-of-tech-is-dying/

A good few things resonated with me quite a bit, so I've pulled them out into a post here:

* 1)  On "Singular Revelatory Events" (aka "Silver Bullets That Fix / Change Everything")

* 2)  On what's rotten with the "Global Tech Industry"

1) On "Singular Revelatory Events" (aka "Silver Bullets That Fix / Change Everything")

I find his point about "singular revelatory events" (aka, the "This changes everything") arising from Christianity being most fascinating.

Why?

Time and time again, I've been getting increasingly frustrated with how so many people have such a fervour for finding and then cargo culting "silver bullets": i.e. "The one solution that fixes everything!"

This is especially prevalent in tech circles

It's maddening how religiously folks start pursuing these things... ugh!

I guess this also feeds into all those "chosen one" story tropes too... Though in those cases, I think it's more about simplifying / streamlining the narrative, which is important for keeping the storyline focussed + comprehendible.

Then again, we must remember that "The Bible" is really just a bunch of books, telling stories written by a bunch of different folk, a long long time ago. Stories intended to be read out by a learned orator / storyteller, in a way that remains digestable in chunks constrained by the limits of most people's attention spans + their ability to comprehend stories they hear.

 

2)  On what's rotten with the "Global Tech Industry"

TBH, I've never ever really felt any urge or belonging to "the tech industry" (aka "Big Tech" and all the associated big money, global impact for general computing/industries, blah blah blah). In many ways, I see myself as more of a craftsman / skilled-engineer type who seeks to make "the most useful tools, in the most well-made way, to provide the greatest benefit"

So, you can understand how I appreciated seeing the following passages :)