Software and Action
Software is one of the few forces that can actually influence human consciousness.
Few things get me more excited then the potential of software in itself. From the design of it, to the actual build, then crafting a story around how this specific setup of 1's and 0's can change someone's life.
Software is deeper than we tend to think, it enables us to democratize shared social structure's across the world. Where in the past some, were limited by geography. For example, if there was one bank in town to use, that bank has a monopoly over that town essentially. This is no longer true as someone with a smartphone is no longer a subject of monopoly, but is given greater freedom of choice.
This is where the depth of software is revealed. It is critical to our social metaphysics, it is one of the few mediums of creations that can provide a shared social layer. Through the creation of all its manifestations. (apps, websites, algorithms, etc.) In the same way that movies or media can be used as a leveraging to push society in a direction to think a certain way. Software is a strong enough force that can push society to act in a certain way.
The power of Software is often underestimated. Yes, it is a great avenue to make money or build a good living. But its potential is metaphysical. In that, it can incentivize society to act in certain ways. It enables us to apply our abstract ideas to the real world. All of our fantasies, and dreams can be brought into the real world. We see this essentially in the process that software is typically developed. It's often finding a problem that society hadn't yet properly solved, and it's something they wish would be solved. It is taking those people's fantasy of this problem being solved and bringing it into the real world.
What if we began to think more ambitious about software's place in the world? In creating more healthy and shared social structures. Knowing that software is one of the few mediums that is strong enough to influence how people act. What if we took that seriously in the software we created?