@wordgrammer they've also had a lot more relative quality of life improvement in recent decades, that increases optimism about the future in general (just like post WW2 in the west)
Recurring vibe-coding experience:
"Can you make me a demo"
> One-shots incredible demo that's 75% what I want.
"Can you fix x y z details?"
> Six hours later and every iteration is worse.
@Romy_Holland human_baby™ version 1.0 was famously shipped with a large chunk of its firmware missing but since management found that a recall wouldn't be worth it they instead pushed a patch which made the product self-correct through its user interactions by trial and error.
@Romy_Holland also 'every person should be capable of doing it with no training' sounds a bit absurd if you consider that throughout most of human history nearly 50% of children died before reaching adulthood
@Romy_Holland i think you have to be a bit careful there, human behaviour is shaped a lot more by culture/environment than in other species. we have a lot fewer real instincts than other animals (but of course some exist)