The author gives 3 examples of confusion by the general public regarding how software works. We, as a society, should try to educate people more on these things

The author gives 3 examples of confusion by the general public regarding how software works. We, as a society, should try to educate people more on these things. But this is mostly a matter for our schools, not our software engineers. The author suggests we need a "Hippocratic oath" for software engineers, but provides no examples of unethical behavior. I'm not saying that there is none - there is plenty, but I see no reason to assume it is more than in other fields, like advertising or psychology or science or television or fitness. People need to be ethical no matter the field they work in. I see no reason to single out software engineering, except that the author and we happen to hold that profession.