Have we? Power steering, for example, simplifies steering thanks to a small mountain of abstractions built up over the years. Doubly so if you have adjustable

Have we? Power steering, for example, simplifies steering thanks to a small mountain of abstractions built up over the years. Doubly so if you have adjustable power steering (i.e. you can select "sport" steering vs "comfort" steering). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_steering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_steering Abstraction layering is annoying, but I think abstracting hard things infinitum ad nauseam is, overall, a good thing!