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+# 2026-01-30 13:42:??
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+Often when I consider learning a new skill or improving an existing one,
+I conceive of a system that would _force_ me to improve,
+rather than forget about it (as I am won to do).
+See [[2026-01-19#Ulysses Pacts]].
+
+Conventional "home assistant" tech and doctrine
+caters to a class of people I find bizarre,
+those that would spend enormous sums of cash and effort
+just for the marginal benefit
+of not having to touch light switches as often as normal people.
+Instead they get to take out their phone,
+find and open the light switch app,
+and touch a virtual light switch
+because the routines they programmed were too conservative.
+
+Human or software,
+an assistant without agency
+_and the will to contradict you_
+is worthless.
+If the effort to _communicate_ your instructions
+exceeds the effort to perform them,
+you will always do the task yourself.