Imagine trying to make flying an airplane something that everyone can do.

· Bits and Bobs 5/26/26
  • Imagine trying to make flying an airplane something that everyone can do.
    • "The cockpit is intimidating to people, so we're going to create a familiar UI that presents as an XBox controller."
    • Then they tell the users: "If you control it precisely right you will literally be flying. But it's hard to describe how to do it right, and by the way if you do it wrong you'll probably die. … OK, have fun!"
    • That's what it will be like to try to retrofit OpenClaw or even Claude Code to the mass market.
    • Either you'll break what made it powerful in the first place or you'll make something that hides the dangerous complexity but doesn't address it.

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