Lots of hip education work (Khan Academy, MOOCs) is promoting "programming literacy". https://medium.com/javascript-scene/programming-literacy-7bc4ae154b91
Initially I thought it odd .. why not *all* forms of literacy? Well, this article .. although biased? .. has some pretty interesting observations: - In 25 years, a human driving a car will look like a horse pulling a buggy (Google's car) - According to Code.org, 9 out of 10 US schools don’t offer computer science courses - Right now around the world, those who can’t read and write earn roughly 25% as much as those who can - In America, those who know how to code earn roughly twice as much as those who don’t. .. and so on. This is not "developer" level .. its literacy level, understanding the basics and having a cultural intuition where it all fits in. Short sighted? I guess it adds a fourth letter to the Three R's. -- Owen
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