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What makes programming computers a fundamental skill? What will forbid me from being a productive member of society if I don't know how to program?

• amichail 18y ago
  You would never know what you are missing in today's society... It's kind of like not knowing the benefits of reading & writing. That's why it is unethical.
  • yan 18y ago
    So why isn't it unethical to not be a practicing medical doctor, dentist, physicist, mathematician, materials engineer, parent, charity donor, pilot, or an athlete. If your job, hobby or passion is in set J of all possible jobs and vocations, it doesn't make it unethical to not be J-j, where j is your job. And programming is nothing like reading and writing as you need reading and writing to be a functional adult. You absolutely can not survive and be affluent without reading & writing or know someone close to you who does. The same is not even remotely true for programming. As a matter of fact, if something requires a layman (or customer) to program, it means that one of us who creates these programs and products, to put it bluntly, fucked up.
    • amichail 18y ago
      And programming is nothing like reading and writing as you need reading and writing to be a functional adult. ...in today's society. But certainly long ago people could get by without knowing reading & writing.