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Programmers today are like scribes were in the middle ages. When 90% of the world knows basic programming, I think that we will have a profoundly different conc

Programmers today are like scribes were in the middle ages. When 90% of the world knows basic programming, I think that we will have a profoundly different conception of both computation and society.

w7 6y ago
At the same time; not everyone became a blacksmith.
- whbrown 6y ago
  Both analogs bear aspects of truth since software has the characteristics of being both a machine (crafted precision tool), as well as being information itself (freely spread & adaptable). Its future is probably some superposition of both.
  - jwolfe 6y ago
    Similarly, "basic programming" is a spectrum that starts at simple Excel formulas.
troupe 6y ago
Well considering the literacy rate is only 86% in the world today, this seems like a very lofty goal.