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Programming as a super power
- dannyr 17y agoWith great power comes great responsibility.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoI suspect that programming will become part of tomorrow's test of basic literacy. That programming skill could entail writing formulas into a spreadsheet, whipping up a script to process a bunch of one-off data, writing macros to automate repetitive tasks, creating digital art projects, whipping up mobile device apps, whatever. But to have a computer and not be able to do anything beyond what can be done with already-installed programs is to be essentially crippled in your ability to use the most powerful mass-market innovation facilitator in history.
- bvttf 17y agoBriefly terrified by a future where people are as easily convinced they're good at programming as they are today with writing.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoBriefly terrified by a past in which almost no one could read.
- balding_n_tired 17y agoWell, yes, as bvtff implies, most people don't write that well. I suppose they do better than if they hadn't had the English classes, but still...