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Because computer literacy is much like the ability to read and write these days. A computer is a very powerful tool that is available to pretty much everybody
by 0x12 15y ago
Because computer literacy is much like the ability to read and write these days.
A computer is a very powerful tool that is available to pretty much everybody in the developed world. Computer literacy translates into a workforce that is able to compete internationally from a position of strength rather than weakness. Think about the industrial age, one group gets to use all the powertools, the other work with their hands and hand tools, which do you think is more productive and will result in a stronger nation economically?
- MediaBehavior 15y agoI concur about what you say (although it's not exactly an argument for teaching programming). How different would the online world be if knowledge were universal about: - copy/paste - cmd/ctl +/- for resizing - why password mgmt matters - and its basic principles Self-educated web-surfers out there have amazing gaps in their knowledge - for things that are practically spinal reflexes to even a low-grade hacker like myself.