We're collectively racing towards the last scene of "Up", justifying each milestone along the way.
I've used this analogy more times than I thought I ever would; no regrets.
We're entering a post-thought era where knowledge itself is devalued and, worse, _seeking_ that knowledge is discouraged.
There's no time to stumble through learning a codebase when Claude can ship features faster than you can think. There's no time to learn.
Pixar warned us. Asimov warned us. Orwell warned us. This phenomenon isn't new; we just now have the technology to finally execute on this vision.