“Effortless” is the biggest scam in tech.

Every tool says: work less, think less, do less.

Manual Mode says: do the work, think harder, create more.

https://youtu.be/9Cvu258thgA

Manual Mode: Why Doing Things the Hard Way Makes Us Smarter

YouTube

@Daojoan Interesting take 👀. I think the sweet spot is balance tech that removes the boring friction so we can spend energy on the creative, strategic parts that actually need human effort.

Automation ≠ laziness. It’s about freeing up time for the real work.

@Daojoan Almost every tech problem in existence can be traced to the convenience economy...
@Daojoan i often think that the marketing hype m & examples around “effortless” tools highlight what david graeber called bullshit jobs .