Forever is a stretch, maybe “until the end of my career” tools. That list of tools could eventually be replaced, but I bet whatever comes after them will be for

Forever is a stretch, maybe “until the end of my career” tools. That list of tools could eventually be replaced, but I bet whatever comes after them will be forced to adopt a lot of their metaphors to gain acceptance. For instance, maybe excel eventually gets replaced, but the thing that kills it will feel a lot like it. The experience won’t be wasted, useful things you learned to do in it will continue to be useful in the new tool.