> I don't know what to say about not teaching children computing. There's a better case for teaching computing than any other science, if you judge usefulness b

> I don't know what to say about not teaching children computing. There's a better case for teaching computing than any other science, if you judge usefulness by daily opportunity to use your skills to understand and improve your situation. The only reason I'd be against it is because I love being overpaid to do simple work due to the ignorance of the general population of the machines that completely run their lives Well, at least you're honest about it, but I think that line of thinking does lead to certain problems in the industry. One that popped immediately to mind was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt I think this situation is probably going to grow. One day, even you and I could be considered ignorant.