The fundamental problem, I think, is that software is by definition a way to create abstractions. And there are way too many incentives to complicate these abst

The fundamental problem, I think, is that software is by definition a way to create abstractions. And there are way too many incentives to complicate these abstractions. And on top of that, these complications have inertia. Once people learn they can gain prestige, job security and self importance by learning and multiplying abstractions, you have a runway process. Complex systems evolve by brute forcing their problem space during a boom and pruning the non-viable inroads during a bust. That means a lot of agents will be stuck building dead-ends only to get wiped at some point. That's why meta cognition is so important. We are not blind agents, we are a complex system ourselves. We are capable of internalizing giant swats of symbolic representations of system archetypes. We are capable of teleological behavior. Do it people. You can learn computer science and preempt a life of being mired by abstractions that won't lead anywhere. Sadly greed lead us astray too often.