I came across an interesting article on social media the other day about a woman who was essentially a human supercomputer for NASA in the 1960’s. She did all of the calculations for the launches, making sure that the craft got to where they were meant to go.

In fact, when NASA first had a computer installed in their offices, they would check the work on the computer against the calculations of this gal to ensure the computer was accurate.

Here in 2023 people are rightly concerned about the rise of technology, artificial intelligence, all these social platforms that seem to be taking the place of normal human interaction. I have written and spoken on the topic in my emails and podcasts just in the last few months.

But the story about that woman who was trusted more than the super computer is significant. Her colleagues did not trust her over the computer because they thought the computer was going to be wrong. They checked the computers work against her work because she’s a person. And people will never lose that natural craving for community, interactions with other people, whether in person or with the help of technology.

I am a big fan of using technology to make my work easier whenever possible. Just yesterday I wrote an email using voice to text. Then I read the email after I sent it, and realized that I hadn’t proofread it properly. It looked like it had been written by a seventh grader who had just flunked English class.

To make it even worse, I had just been bragging about my copywriting skills for my podcast clients in the email.

But truth be told, it's those human errors that make life real. I made a blunder yesterday, but it gave me fodder for the next day's email. So it all works out.

Our mistakes and the ability to laugh at our mistakes is the ultimate dagger in the heart of the machines that want to take over the world. Modern computers are undoubtedly more accurate than they were in the 1960s, and more reliable than error-prone humans. But at the end of the day, we feel more comfortable around people who are like us. Prone to make mistakes, and then have a good laugh about it with our friends.

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