Courtney, you and I have very differing outlooks on this. I fly because I love to do it. Happily people are stupid enough to pay me to do something I love.
On the other hand, you seem, from these posts, to be devoid of passion for this business. Hand flying isn't about ego, but increasing your skill or at least not losing it by relying on complex electronics that could fail.
Brand spanking new machines don't fail that often, but most of the world still flies things that require a good look at the MEL before you go.
Things break and you may have to improvise. Thankfully, there isn't a computer system or software program that does that as well as humans can.