Agree with most things you said, but wanted to point out one thing: > I don't think that metal detectors in schools are making people less likely to be a progr

Agree with most things you said, but wanted to point out one thing: > I don't think that metal detectors in schools are making people less likely to be a programmer. That wasn't the sole point the author was trying to make. It's to imagine an environment that's so unsafe that daily life is focused on survival / getting by. Where immediate concern is being fed and not get caught up in violence. The way that this makes people less likely to be programmers is that they never see it as an option, it's not just programming jobs, it's any decent job.