I get your point, but putting these 2 thoughts together: > we are just squandering our advances in hardware by making comparably more inefficient software > w

I get your point, but putting these 2 thoughts together: > we are just squandering our advances in hardware by making comparably more inefficient software > we're able to build things that would not have been possible to build before We get that not only are we able to build things that weren't possible before, but we can build things that are more inefficient than was possible before. We can expect in the future to see new levels of inefficiencies as hardware developments give us more to waste. Without something to balance this out, we should expect to see our text editors get more and more bloated in cool and innovative ways in the future. It makes me think of fuel efficiency standards in cars.