Yes and no. We have a lot of ways of communicating with each other and talking is only one of many. For instance, if I want to formally request something I'd pu

Yes and no. We have a lot of ways of communicating with each other and talking is only one of many. For instance, if I want to formally request something I'd put it in writing -- I want there to be a reference document that all interested parties can go back to. Likewise if I need a building, we might have a conversation about what we want, but the most important communication is the blueprint. If I'm making a blueprint, it's a lot quicker to put pen to paper than it is to tell another person where to put the lines. I think software is inventing a lot of new ways to communicate with each other, and that's a pretty awesome thing; I just think speech is a very inefficient and imprecise way to communicate things, and efficiency and precision are what you really want when dealing with a computer.