Is Software Abstraction Killing Civilization? Or: Jonathan Blow is wrong but also right and we still need to prevent the collapse of civilization Early 2021 I recently stumbled upon a talk by game development guru Jonathan Blow, about how software abstraction will lead to the end of civilization. Quick summary: Information passed on between generations is diluted. Practise is better than theory for keeping skills alive. Software runs the world. Abstraction fosters ignorance about low level progr...