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@keunwoo@indieweb.social

2026-04-30 19:37 UTC

Lately I've been thinking about this character a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togusa When I first saw Ghost in the Shell in the 1990s, I thought the premise was silly and that, in practice, the guy with the antique revolver and no cybernetic enhancements would just slow everyone down and eventually get slaughtered. Now I think the Major was right: every engineering team practicing agentic development needs a Togusa, for cognitive diversity and as a backstop against cybernetic failure modes.

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  • @keunwoo@indieweb.social 2026-04-30 19:48

    Unfortunately, given the way the AI culture war is shaking out, I expect that a lot of companies that embrace agentic work are going to undervalue, alienate, and drive away their Togusas, or perhaps just fire them outright.

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