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No, the single most important benefit of software is to expand human potential.
by mempko 9y ago
No, the single most important benefit of software is to expand human potential.
- joshuamorton 9y agoHow is that not just a rebranding of "convenience" though? Making difficult things easy is providing convenience, but when that's done, you can then do more complex things. Abstraction provides convenience, which leads to, as you put it, an expansion of human potential.
- princekolt 9y agoConvenience: "We noticed you have the word 'attachment' in your email body, but no attached files". It's nice to have, but not something I couldn't live without, either. Example: This exact feature in Gmail. Expanded capabilities: A vector editing program that exports to SVG. I couldn't realistically complete the task of creating complex vector images by writing raw SVG. Example: Sketch, Adobe Illustrator. The marketing catch: Convincing people that #1 is exactly as valuable as #2.