Grady Booch: humanity's strangest ability is getting used to consciousness
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-11-01
Grady Booch shares a philosophical aphorism: perhaps humanity's strangest ability is not consciousness itself, but getting used to having it — a fitting continuation of his long-running reflections on mind and awareness.
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