Could the tools we built to increase our pace be starting to slow our progress?
Sprinting a marathon, gasping for breath. I’ve dedicated my life to a career in tech. An industry renowned for being extremely fast moving; demanding high levels of commitment with a constant striving to find ways to produce more and produce it faster. I have dedicated this career to building websites, apps, software and hardware that allows others to do similar. To remove ‘friction’ for customers, to allow for companies and individuals to automate wherever possible and to reap the benefits of tasks done efficiently and effectively. I have loved every moment of it. The intellectual challenge of complex engineering, the creativity required to succeed, the inspiring, authentic, super-talented and passionate people the industry attracts, the delight of bringing an ethereal concept into reality (the more crazy the concept the greater the delight). Increasingly however, I am left reflecting on what we have inadvertently created. In driving for frictionle...