Willison's coverage of this talk underscores a second-order problem that could stall the generative AI coding revolution. The argument, while compelling, arguably assumes a level of engagement that may not scale; many users turn to AI agents precisely to offload cognitive load, not to double down on it. The real test will be whether tooling can bridge this understanding gap automatically, or if the 'cognitive debt' problem becomes a fundamental limit on how complex AI-assisted projects can grow before they collapse under the weight of their own obscurity.