Is the poetry of talking of systems that spring back to life without a focus on the 3 years of human effort all that different from the poetry of cat walk model

Is the poetry of talking of systems that spring back to life without a focus on the 3 years of human effort all that different from the poetry of cat walk models, photoshop body images, etc? Poetry can be great, but not when it enforces unrealistic expectations. In technology we are not above the limerick.