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No. Everybody should learn about computers, how to turn them on, how to browse the internet, etc. Not knowing the fundamentals of programming does not prevent a
by tomcorrigan 14y ago
No. Everybody should learn about computers, how to turn them on, how to browse the internet, etc. Not knowing the fundamentals of programming does not prevent a person from achieving any of the above.
- stcredzero 14y agoI'd venture that people are psychologically better off compared to the time when people had no idea how cars worked, and they would hang bulbs of garlic under the hood. (Which happened when the Ford Model T came out.)
- craigvn 14y agoPeople do have no idea how cars work.
- stcredzero 14y agoThey now know enough to know the garlic bulbs won't work.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoThey don't know that, they just didn't like the smell.
- stcredzero 14y agoActually, hanging something under the hood of a running car can be something of an engineering exercise in itself. (But more people back then could tie knots and had good rope or twine sitting around.)
- angersock 14y agoIf your goal is to establish a culture of mindless consumerism and an inability to create content, you are correct. Or, you know, there's the fact that a computer isn't primarily a TV for serving you ads.
- kristianp 14y agoPlease don't use "No" as a sentence. "No, everybody should..." is less jarring.