I totally agree with you. However, that doesn't mean it will stop. Imagine what it was like to be a scribe; you were a craftsman, who cared about the details o

I totally agree with you. However, that doesn't mean it will stop. Imagine what it was like to be a scribe; you were a craftsman, who cared about the details of your work, had the intuition and experience to anticipate how your work would change in the future, and to understand subtle nuances lost on the illiterate. What happened to the scribes? As literacy matured, and became widespread, they were out of a job. And it wasn't because they somehow became bad at their work. It was because they became obsolete. Now, I'm not arguing this will happen quickly, and it may look different, but I can't help but look around and see how much more accessible basic programming has become (tryruby.org and all the others). Slowly, very slowly, more people are becoming literate. They're not experts, and they may never be experts. But all of a sudden these people are experiencing an ability to see their ideas become reality, and more importantly, they're experiencing a new way to think. This is exactly what happened when people became literate, and the scribes disappeared. Figure out a way to ride this wave, and you'll never be obsolete.