Programming is also a solitary endeavor so close to impossible that it seems to require obsession just to reach a minimal level of competence. If anyone is depe

Programming is also a solitary endeavor so close to impossible that it seems to require obsession just to reach a minimal level of competence. If anyone is dependent on peer validation and role models (which basically didn't exist for any of us until the first dotcom bubble in the mid-90s), if they care more about what other people think than the Platonic ideals of computation, I don't think they're equipped to thrive and do noteworthy work. Even if we did have some way to make a kid more asocial and hyperfocused while growing up, we'd have to think hard about whether it's ethical to do it to them in this extrovert-oriented society.