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> I see coding as the new literacy...it will be a skill required by almost every professional who is an expert in his or her domain. That is an extremely unusu
by grayclhn 12y ago
> I see coding as the new literacy...it will be a skill required by almost every professional who is an expert in his or her domain.
That is an extremely unusual definition of "literacy."
"Coding is the new literacy" implies that coding will be necessary for anyone who wants to interact with modern life, not just for experts. Imagine trying to use the freeway system if you could not actually read streetsigns, for example. i.e. if you were illiterate.
- curun1r 12y ago> implies that coding will be necessary for anyone who wants to interact with modern life, not just for experts. That's the whole point. Computers and robots are creating a world in which there really isn't room for anyone who isn't an expert. We've already automated the low-hanging fruit...we've got a fraction of the manufacturing jobs because computers and machines can do that work faster, cheaper and more effectively. Google and such are working on less low-hanging fruit (people who drive automobiles for a living, lawyers...there's a bunch of examples in that youtube clip). That bar for offering utility beyond what can be automated is steadily rising. If you're not an expert in something, you're going to be pretty useless in the world we're creating.