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> Computer literacy for everyone. That means making sure that everyone is able to go into GitHub and read the code that increasingly controls our lives and unde
by derwiki 9y ago
> Computer literacy for everyone. That means making sure that everyone is able to go into GitHub and read the code that increasingly controls our lives and understand what it does and how it works.
The last stat I can find on US literacy is 86% (1985). Based on anecdotal evidence I suspect "math literacy" is much lower than that (couldn't find statistics). I had other _really smart_ engineer/science friends in undergrad who struggled writing and reading code. I'm not sure how realistic this is.
- mathattack 9y agoI thought the same. Give everyone access to APIs with their private info? Then again, there was a time when driving must have seemed too complex for the masses.
- buitreVirtual 9y agoWhich highlights how important it is to invest in making computing more approachable for the masses. It's how we democratize tech today.
- temp987654 9y agoI don't think it's realistic at all. Most people get bored when they look at code. It's a 'living in the bubble' sort of thing to think this will happen, imho.
- buitreVirtual 9y agoMaybe it's not a realistic goal today, but computer literacy needs to be in everyone's mind today.