> I think what this points towards is that we care about the internal mechanism. The mechanism is what makes a system interesting. In software this is why we

> I think what this points towards is that we care about the internal mechanism. The mechanism is what makes a system interesting. In software this is why we develop libraries of algorithms and code we can reuse and compose into new solutions. The programmer is providing the intellectual flexibility, while the code is the set of capabilities. It’s why this is a superior approach, compared to building a single monolithic mass of procedural code from scratch in a single variable scope for every program we write. Solutions matter because it’s not just about what a system can do now, it’s about what it can learn or be adapted to do next.