Will;
I appreciate your open mind as an AB pilot. It is after all a human problem.
I remain an enthusiastic, open yet unconvinced (and now retired) AB pilot; my open mind is far grumpier and has been since 1992 about these broader matters than I will ever allow in my posts.
It is indeed, a human problem and it is, as I offered in the "philosophical" post, coming home to roost; it's trite to say it I know, but hubris is inappropriate where aviation is concerned.
Yes, I suspected the B2 couldnt' be flown manually given the kinds of flight controls it had and the probable need for neutral stability (making it impossible to fly without a computer), and that the guys stuck with it. I wonder though, how a potential single-point failure made it into production - almost certainly it was not an unknown.