Eric W. Tramel(@fujikanaeda):My theory is that the anxiety of agents in the programming world is that it took Flow State from us. Flow State is a calming, meditative, and rewarding emotional experience and it used to be the reward signal for deep work. It almost doesn’t exist anymore.

Eric W. Tramel

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Building @ Arcee. Ex: Principal Scientist @ Nvidia. AI Startups (Gretel, Unlearn, Owkin) and Big Co (Nvidia & Amazon). Views my own.

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Eric W. Tramel@fujikanaeda

2026.08.09 16:40

My theory is that the anxiety of agents in the programming world is that it took Flow State from us. Flow State is a calming, meditative, and rewarding emotional experience and it used to be the reward signal for deep work. It almost doesn’t exist anymore.