Grady Booch: Automation Has Value, but So Does the Human Struggle to Create
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-10-04
Software engineering pioneer Grady Booch argues that while automating tedious, repetitive, and dangerous tasks is valuable — machines work tirelessly and faster — there is also real value in engaging one's mind and body to discover, understand, create, and even struggle and overcome. Those experiences, he writes, are part of what make us human and give life meaning.
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