I don't think there's any inherent problem with stuff being declarative. We just need the software to be smart enough to handle it well. We might have a long

I don't think there's any inherent problem with stuff being declarative. We just need the software to be smart enough to handle it well. We might have a long way to go till we can do this effectively. I'd suggest looking at 'declarative' from the point of view of delegation (not in the technical sense, but the usual sense of getting someone else to do a task for you). Ideally you want to specify what you want to be done and you shouldn't care about how it's done. Software is meant to be a labor saving device. I assume you're ok with the idea of delegating tasks to people. If the software was smart enough I think it'd reasonable to delegate to it as well.