I think it would be smarter to ask this question somewhat in reverse; there are apparently lots of important tasks that we're used to think of as "programming"

I think it would be smarter to ask this question somewhat in reverse; there are apparently lots of important tasks that we're used to think of as "programming" tasks, but are actually done more often, and arguably better, by "spreadsheets." What can one learn from the other, and/or could we get some kind of singularity here?