Engineering is a kind of magic; the transmutation of dreams to shape our environment. Our loyalty in using this power must be to humans, not to things. This essay explores what that loyalty demands of us.
Epistemic Status
Mid-high confidence that this generalizes. Normative statements abound. Applications to politics exist but are left as an exercise for the reader. Ask your doctor if agency is right for you.
Normal accidents
Fail-safe/fail-deadly
”The loop”
Who is a system’s ultimate agent?
A story about the Moon
You get along like a car on fire