The Techne Behind Agent Skills

Cyborgs Writing 24 Mar 2026
Image generated by gamma.aiThere’s an old philosophical grudge against craft.It goes back to Plato, who compared rhetoric to cooking in the Gorgias dialogues. Both rhetoric (or speech-making) and cooking produce pleasing results, but neither understands the true principles behind what it makes. He called this mere empeiria, or a knack, habit, unreflective routine.