Holy crap, so working in the office every day was all part of Microsoft's master plan? The logic checks out Perplexity CEO: The lifestyle of sitting in the office every day typing away in Word and crunching numbers in Excel isn’t some inevitable result of technological progress—it’s actually a massive scheme Bill Gates set up to sell software to the entire human race. Back in the day, Gates didn’t have some grand vision like Steve Jobs to make computers magical. His sole purpose was to force PCs onto every single desk and glue everyone to their screens. First, Microsoft taught everyone how to use Word and Excel, completing the "domestication" process. Then, companies had no choice but to equip every desk with a computer to hire these people, and in turn, they kept paying Microsoft an endless stream of "software tax.