Why?

Are there any alternatives to the way we work and operate. What about so called test automation? Every heard about "manual" testing and test "automation"? Do we really want to call testing "manual"? What about manual development or manual CEO-ing? Manual labor is inferior and refers to being lower in quality, rank, status, or position compared to something else (e.g. development). I think this has more to do with hierarchical thinking? More about this later. To take test automation to the extremes, we could argue what would it take to copy me into a digital version of myself? Could I benefit it some way from this?