I've been hearing stories like this for the last two or three years. Computer Science professors having to teach freshmen what a file system is. Are you ready for a world where the elderly dominate coding? 1/3https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes/status/1190055381684424704 …
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presumably Canberra in the period up to Briscoe Gap. Their problems didn't seem to be mainly tech debt to me, though.
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(Vinge makes you fill in the canvas like this a lot, so it's natural we saw it differently.)
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He describes the collapse of multiple civilizations. One was due to smart dust, ubiquitous surveillance & civil unrest, another was due to collapsing infrastructure & technical debt. I think the infra civilization is the one they join together to try to save?
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ok, cool def remember the first one; had forgotten the second one. Time for a re-read! oh, also, if you like Vinge, perhaps I may recommend my own novels?https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1154061890202591232 …
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