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It says «technical» problem, and probably implies that other technical problems could dramatically benefit from such achievement.

• kjkjadksj 2y ago
  If you want a real technical revolution, you teach the masses how to code their own tailored software, and not just use abstractions and software built by people who sell software to the average user. What a shame we failed at that and are even sliding back in a lot of ways with plummeting technical literacy in smartphone-raised generations.
  • probablybetter 2y ago
    this.
  • mdp2021 2y ago
    > you teach the masses how to code their own tailored software That does not seem to be the key recipe to reaching techno-scientific milestones - coders are not necessarily researchers. > plummeting technical literacy in smartphone-raised generations Which shows there are other roots to the problem, given that some of us (many probably in this "club") used our devices generally more productively than said «generations»... Maybe it was a matter of will and education? Its crucial sides not being «teach[ing] the masses how to code»...
    • kjkjadksj 2y ago
      Apparently less than half a percent of the worlds population knows how to code. All the software you use, and almost everything you've ever seen with modern technology are generated from this small subpopulation. Now, imagine if that number doubled to 1% of the worlds population. Theoretically there would be as much as twice as much software produced (although less certainly). Now imagine if that number was closer to the world literacy rate of 85%. You think the world wouldn't dramatically change when each and every person can take their given task, job, hobby, whatever, and create helpful software for themselves? I think it would be like The Jetsons.