I once heard a statement, something like:
"Civilization advances by the number of important things you can do without thinking about them".
Found it: Alfred North Whitehead:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead#:~:text=Civilization%20....
"It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. *Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.* Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments."
YOUR proposed solution amounts to DECREASING the number of important things you can do without thinking about them.
Can you see how that's backsliding?
No, I do not see it, assuming we still live in democratic societies, where
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 12:36 AM jim bell