[Gravityloss]

I'm taking the opposite opinion for the sake of argument: The more you understand about software, the more frustrated and disappointed you will be, as you see all the easily avoidable flaws around you.

Web pages that have a few lines of text are unreadable on mobile devices and drain your battery.

Setting the spin speed on a washing machine takes ages because the computer polls for input only about once per second, so it misses most of your button presses. How to reconcile this if the clock speed is thousands to millions of cycles per second and the whole system has only a handful of inputs and outputs.

These are not tough technological limitations, but completely easily avoidable human failures. There can be nothing but negligence, cynicism and depression to explain them.

People would be a lot happier to just say "I guess it must be like this", or "My device is getting old and slow". A bit like "God works in mysterious ways" or "it must be fate" can often feel better than "our government is corrupt" or "I don't have any kind of plan".

I guess it's the same about any thing you feel passionate about. If you cared about clothes or food, seeing all the junk out there might make you less happy. A friend of mine was a barista. He wasn't happy that people were paying the same amount for worse coffee.

[rtens]

Wow that's depressing. I suddenly feel the impulse to give you a hug and tell you that it's gonna be alright. I wish I was more sure that it actually will be.