The vast majority of the time, old people whom the young think are "out of touch" are actually speaking from hard-won experience. Ignore them at your peril, because they are usually correct and the young are usually wrong.
https://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/old-age-and-treachery....
By his definition, we could argue that a catapult or bow and arrow are not tools
Uh no, not based on his definition. Catapult and bows are simple. You can evaluate the result of using these tool instantly, and the corresponding adjustment is something you have to make, because you are wielding the tool. This is what he means by "wielding".Compare and contrast with complaining to an LLM that "the margins look wrong".