We were Machines, We are now Computers

From the middle of the 19th Century, to the middle of the 20th - we became machines. We are now becoming Computers.

This is such a huge change, we cannot comprehend it - but it is happening anyway, whether we want it to happen, or not. People do not decide how they want to change - other things do this for them. And the Computer is now this other thing.

Machines had the advantage of being visible - you could see how they operate. You cannot see how the Computer operates, or how its Software operates. But it operates anyway.

This Software operates at two levels - at the lowest level there is code, instructions for the Computer to follow. But there are higher levels - that determine how this code is organized. And at these levels, things get complicated - because different people want to do things, different ways. And some of these ways, in my opinion, are not so useful.

And society itself is divided into - (1) those who do not understand, but want to be told what to do (99 percent of the population) - and (2) those who do understand, but (since they are so few) cannot do much about it.

This is a combination that cannot work. The best we can do, is acknowledge that it is not working.