> Also, I struggle to imagine what a world of regulated software engineers (with an enforceable set of professional ethics) would look like. To use the author's

> Also, I struggle to imagine what a world of regulated software engineers (with an enforceable set of professional ethics) would look like. To use the author's example, giving surgeons a monopoly on surgery is pretty simple: if you cut people up with a scalpel, even with their permission, and you're not certified by your country's board of surgery, then you're committing a crime. What would a world of regulated software engineering look like? Here's what I imagine it would look like. I don't particularly like it. All powerful computers operate like iPhones. Normal people are prohibited from executing code outside of a limited sandbox. Licensed software developers have the ability to execute code. It's already starting to happen, except the "license" is a developer account with individual platform vendors.