On the one hand, the problem he discusses is entirely real, and he does not exaggerate the scale of the issue. It is much like medicine in the time of the "fou

On the one hand, the problem he discusses is entirely real, and he does not exaggerate the scale of the issue. It is much like medicine in the time of the "four humours". The state of medicine then was a real problem, but if you were to have instituted licensing and professionalisation requirements at that point, it would largely freeze into place a bad situation. The other industries with licensing, have established a good, safe way of doing things. Software has no good, safe way of doing things to establish as code, and teach to new practitioners. I do not exaggerate, either. On the other hand, what he suggests as a solution, would require that innovation be slowed by at least one, probably two orders of magnitude. Any nation which did _not_ do this, would quickly sprint ahead of those who did, and they would quickly be able to overwhelm the capabilities of the nations who had professional licensing requirements.