Learning or understanding code really isn't useful for most people in a strict sense; with the proliferation of quality software applications there's really no

Learning or understanding code really isn't useful for most people in a strict sense; with the proliferation of quality software applications there's really no need to code for most people since the application they'd end up making to fulfill one of their needs probably already exists. You need to be able to communicate and express yourself to exist in society and be useful in an organization, but in order to build anything useful with code it usually takes a huge commitment of time and effort, so application developers specialized in writing code are better suited to making things with code than the average person. A great example is this: yes I could develop my own music streaming service, but I could also just use Spotify. That being said, we should still make sure people understand how technology works at a high level just because it's so important for modern society. One of the goals of education should be to help people understand the world in which they're born. And analytical skills are important so in the sense that learning to code can develop these skills, it can also be helpful for the average person.