Ask HN: When has humanities/history knowledge helped you in tech?
amadeuswoo Monday, January 19, 2026Personally, I've been reading about how historical empires handled delegation and trust—who gets autonomy, who needs oversight, how that scales. Finding it weirdly applicable to how I think about system design and working with AI tools.
Curious if others have pulled from history/humanities in ways that actually transferred.
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