The most durable role for humans in the near future that’s actually coming, then, involves a strange role reversal with software: Our job is to function as the interfaces between inscrutable automated systems of various scales whose internal operations proceed without our involvement, but can only extend their reach with our help. Instead of eliminating the middleman, digital platforms have solidified that as our permanent role—the most human job of all.

If you’re looking for some ways to use the Shortcuts app, here’s a thread of examples:— Matthew Cassinelli (@mattcassinelli) November 8, 2018