1) Civil engineers and architects can design any bridge they want (though not build it). True, SEs can actually &quot;build&quot; any software they want, but without users it can be hard to tell how good it is.<p>2) What&#x27;s the medical &#x2F; engineering &#x2F; legal equivalent of a hackathon that those professions aren&#x27;t doing? Doctors and lawyers can always choose an interesting or deserving client (possibly pro bono), or do a research project.<p>3) If it&#x27;s hard to explain, is it possible software isn&#x27;t changing the world all that much?<p>4) Imagine Google sharing its Search code. It won&#x27;t, but as lawyers get to learn from the best lawyers in any area of the law by reading their briefs and watching their trials (all public).