🌍🤖 In the age of AI, we’re once again arguing about the shape of the Earth
Ferdinand Magellan once said:
“The Church says the Earth is flat, but I know it is round because I have seen the shadow on the Moon, and I would rather believe a shadow than the Church.”
What’s amusing is how often we replay the same story in technology.
Years ago, our team seriously debated whether server‑oriented databases would ever be more useful than “reliable, time‑tested” files on disk.
It seemed obvious that the world was moving forward… but no.
There was always someone confidently insisting that the Earth was flat and DBF (who remembers?🙂) was the pinnacle of engineering.
Since then, I’ve seen this pattern many times.
AI, automation, orchestration, new architectures - everything goes through the same cycle: first “why do we need this,” then “maybe,” and finally “why didn’t we do this earlier.”
And now AI has clearly reached that familiar stage: “well… maybe.”
It’s the moment when the flat map of the world quietly starts curling into a sphere, and skepticism turns into cautious curiosity.
Magellan’s story reminds us:
Earth doesn’t need the approval of the majority - it simply keeps rotating.
And technology keeps evolving, even if someone is still holding on to flat files.