It works

The hammer hasn’t changed much in quite some time. It has looked more and less the same as it was first invented.

Think of also plumbing or electrical in a house. A toaster, socks, or your local park.

Technology can feel exponential in the age of AI. But most tech is linear. It gets better with more use. Until it feels good enough.

There’s comfort in how things work. When things change too quickly, when the world feels out of control, we look for something to hold on to.

Usually, it is a story we like to tell. To help us sleep better at night. Unlike a hammer, stories are often fiction—at least the ones we like to tell.