This is a tech phenomenon that I keep getting blindsided by no matter how much I try to anticipate it. Physical work feels difficult. You can look at someone and realize you don’t have nearly as much stamina, and even if you did, it still feels demanding. Research feels difficult. You’re tasked with thinking about something no one else has considered yet. That rarely happens even outside of science – try to tell a unique joke. But non-algorithmic programming? You’re telling a machine ...
