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I have long been banging on that software is a new form of literacy (and will have similar deep far reaching social changes) I completely agree with you about
by lifeisstillgood 5y ago
I have long been banging on that software is a new form of literacy (and will have similar deep far reaching social changes)
I completely agree with you about the Singapore PMs political views. But this is a turning in the weather - all of us must become coders - the "elites", our leaders, our children, our accountants etc. And one country has now got one "literate" leader. He will make different decisions because of his literacy.
We might not like those decisions, but software awareness will affect his decisions (although probably less than local politics, economics, bribes etc)
We are seeing chnage happen
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- robjan 5y agoI would say it's less important for our leaders to be at the coalface and coding / learning to code than for them to know what's possible. During the last industrial revolution, the leaders who we all hear about weren't directly involved in building the machines which automated processes. Rather, they were experts at leveraging skills of people who could do it.
- pempem 5y agoThe most important line of this was "we may not like those decisions" and "software awareness will affect his decisions". It's not difficult to project how software might affect the decisions of someone who allows for no checks/balances aka some form of democracy.