I think the two parts are bridged by the line, "Perhaps we should expect true advances in software 'engineering' only when we learn how better to govern ourselv

I think the two parts are bridged by the line, "Perhaps we should expect true advances in software 'engineering' only when we learn how better to govern ourselves." Makes sense to me, though I personally am a bit bearish on whether humans are fit to be governors of anything, self- or other.