"The pointy-haired boss is not completely mistaken to worry about unfamiliar technological risks, but because he does not understand them, he tends to magnify them."
Paul Graham makes this argument directly in his original 2002 essay, using the example of a manager assessing programming-language choices without understanding their technical differences. The observation supports the manuscript's broader argument about how limited domain knowledge can encourage exaggerated fears and overly simple explanations.
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