Perhaps a combination of cultural and technical feedback loops? Technology selects folks that like 'playing computer in your head' as Victor said [1]. This gro

Perhaps a combination of cultural and technical feedback loops? Technology selects folks that like 'playing computer in your head' as Victor said [1]. This grows a culture where tools that help you avoid mentally simulating the computer are devalued. This selects more people even better at playing computer in their heads, etc. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/savin...