Sometimes I need to remind myself why we use computers. What is it exactly that they help us with? Why am I spending all of this time learning and improving technology? Two reasons come to mind.

1.) They're good at automating repetitive tasks. If you can describe a task as a concrete set of serial tasks, and you need it done enough times to make the effort of describing it worth it, then they're the way to go 2.) They're good at keeping records. The fact that everything in the world of computers is boiled down to a simple Yes or No, single 'bit' of information makes them very explicit. Something either is, or is not. There is no room for 'Maybe'. There is no grey area. Of course there is still room for error from human input or interpretation. That is the nature of the beast.