From Robin Sloan:

Yet we should never forget that the product of work isn’t only the work — it’s also the worker. Doing the work changes you; the up-close expe­ri­ence trans­forms your capa­bil­i­ties and even your desires. Insights and ideas emerge from that interface, and I believe the agent mae­stros lose a lot — too much — when they take their big step back.

But I suppose this is just my temperament, which I’ve written about before. I don’t merely want things done; I want to do them.