Remember the whole "computer as bicycle for the mind" thing? That didn't happen, the world went in the opposite direction. Software like Excel are the last surviving remnants of the idea of empowering end users to improve their work and lives.
> Software like Excel are the last surviving remnants of the idea of empowering end users to improve their work and lives.
I agree. I love Excel. But this attitude only makes sense if we assume one can only fix easy-to-make mistakes by dumbing the software down, which is not true.
Remember the whole "computer as bicycle for the mind" thing? That didn't happen, the world went in the opposite direction. Software like Excel are the last surviving remnants of the idea of empowering end users to improve their work and lives.