The UNIX philosophy comes down to making tools that each do one thing and do it well. It's already the same philosophy as a workshop full of hammers, screwdrive

The UNIX philosophy comes down to making tools that each do one thing and do it well. It's already the same philosophy as a workshop full of hammers, screwdrivers, squares, saws, planes, etc. Put them together and you can build a cabinet. But you probably wouldn't want a "cabinet making tool" that tries to do every job required in the cabinet making process. If anything, all of the philosophies that we apply to computers and technologies are taken from other areas. Of course you can take them back out and apply them elsewhere! Computers are a very recent addition in the grand scheme of things.