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I think a general understanding is still useful, you just don't need all of the details anymore.

The brain loves these kinds of shortcuts.

I don't need to think about the fine motor skills of hitting a baseball, it's just a motion now, and the game is still fun.

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But how would you feel if you imagined hitting the ball and a robot arm hit it instead?

Because that's how creating software is starting to feel.

And, any time you mentioned getting a bit better at hitting a ball after practicing over your weekend, a bunch of people carrying printouts of generic exponential graphs jumped out to call you a Luddite who should sell his gear ASAP while it still has any value and or else it's "cope".

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