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You have to know how to program to be educated? Is this guy serious? We have division of labor for a reason. Farming and raising livestock are fundamental to ou
by DanielStraight 17y ago
You have to know how to program to be educated? Is this guy serious? We have division of labor for a reason. Farming and raising livestock are fundamental to our society too. So is shipping, perhaps even more so than computers. Politics is also a defining element of our society. Why isn't he suggesting that everyone needs to know how to farm, run a shipping business, and be in politics too? It doesn't make any sense. Again, division of labor. Not everyone should know how to program. That just wastes their time from doing other things, things that programmers don't know how to do.
- billswift 17y agoThe article was a little short and sloppy, but what most people who make this claim mean is that computers are increasingly integrated into EVERYTHING we do today, so having at least a basic understanding of how they work, similar to what is learned in, and most easily learned by, an introductory programming course, is increasingly important in effectively using them.