The Philosopher-Builder - Cosmos Institute

The AI age demands a new kind of technologist

The Philosopher-Builder The AI age demands a new kind of technologist Brendan McCord , Kushal Kansagra , and Cosmos Institute Jul 16, 2025 410 35 111 Share Every builder’s first duty is philosophical: to decide what they should build for. This duty has largely been forgotten. Silicon Valley once understood it. Jobs and Wozniak asked what kind of creative life personal computers should enable; ARPANET's pioneers envisioned what kind of connected society networks should foster. They translated their philosophies into code. But as tech matured from impact into industry, as venture capital transfo

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