> This naturally leads us to think that this is it. We, engineers, are doomed.

I find it _very_ unpleasant that all these people constantly talk about a "we" that does not exist.

That person is worried, and/or they have seen other people in the industry that are worried. But they've wrongly extrapolated that everyone in the industry would feel that way.

It harms the writing. It shows that the person is not adequately grounded.

Or, tbf, maybe, made mental shortcuts to reach people. But they've sacrificed truth to connect there, which is bad.