I helped develop software for warfighters and it became clear that the most effective officers and enlisted members were those who understand when to follow doc

I helped develop software for warfighters and it became clear that the most effective officers and enlisted members were those who understand when to follow doctrine and when to exercise independent judgement. Think of the last time you interacted with a tech support person who refused to deviate from their script. Now imagine that, but directing operations in a war zone. > A system that required dishonesty wasn’t honorable and it seems odd to blame the software/system that exposed that. Personally I would place the majority of the blame on the people who designed and deployed this software. At best, inflexible software that programmatically enforces standard operating procedure is ignored by the folks on the ground. At worst, it craters mission readiness until someone with sufficient authority to make "a more flexible, nuanced screening process" takes notice and updates doctrine.