The Efficiency Delusion

What I didn’t expect to routinely hear from people who became programmers is that, early on, they appreciated that machines are really good at things that humans are bad at. “We believe that if technology can make some aspect of our lives more efficient, we’ll get back free time to do the things we actually find meaningful. We believe that if technology can make some aspect of our lives more efficient, we’ll get back free time to do the things we actually find meaningful.

Source: onezero.medium.com