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When a symbolic system becomes unhinged from the underlying reality it is meant to represent…. This is an interesting article in the Atlantic on some of the core issues in creating computer software. I learnt C++ during my engineering studies and I can certainly attest to the mind-bending task of trying to twist my mind and thinking to write instructions for a “computing machine”.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/