Software — Smart

For decades, software was dumb. It followed rigid rules: If X happens, do Y. It was a digital hammer, incredibly fast at hitting the same nail repeatedly, but utterly useless if you handed it a screw.

Smart software, by contrast, is an immune system. It adapts. It survives. And ultimately, it empowers us to stop managing the plumbing of our tools and start focusing on the creative, strategic, and human endeavors that actually matter. smart software

The most successful implementations of smart software solve this paradox by embracing —the idea that the human and the machine are stronger together than either is alone. For decades, software was dumb