## Metadata - Author: [[Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: The Gentle Obsolescence - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/the-gentle-obsolescence - Read date:: [[2026-02-07]] ## Highlights > the thing we have created—the thing running in the basement of three companies, and possibly a few more—is better at solving problems than we are. It often has better ideas than we do. It is better at making decisions. And it is better [at getting better](https://x.com/levie/status/2019479689170153599). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kgth5hg5wshbqxhx0ny4hnfc)) > more and more, reasoning is not our competitive advantage. All we have is opinions, the [context of what is in our heads](https://benn.substack.com/p/no-really-everything-becomes-bi#footnote-2-163216336),[8](https://benn.substack.com/p/the-gentle-obsolescence/#footnote-8) and [hands](https://rentahuman.ai/). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kgth82f0txk1g3k5vfbt6bb9))