People build skill against resistance. A woodworker improves by working hard grain; an athlete builds strength on the mountain.
Tech companies now design daily life to ask nothing of us. A meal, a driver or a dopamine hit shows up when we slide a thumb. In Friction I argue that we have mistaken that ease for progress, because it leaves us fragile the moment life stops being easy.
I wrote it as a case for choosing the difficult path on purpose.
