What a shite article
Coding is not ‘fun’, it’s technically and ethically complex
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Re: Coding is not ‘fun’, it’s technically and ethically complex
#12> In just a few years, understanding programming will be an indispensable part of active citizenship. This seems to contradict the article's earlier point about "jobs that demand intense focus", like brain surgery and structural engineering. No-one would claim that "In just a few years, understanding brain surgery will be an indispensable part of active citizenship." Since programming is "complicated" and "exquisitel…
Understanding is not the same as performing. I can "understand" or get the gist of what is being said in german (or lisp, or rust, etc), but it's difficult to read and I can't write it; also could be understanding the mechanics or basic principles.
Literacy is complicated but indispensable in the last century.
Re: Coding is not ‘fun’, it’s technically and ethically complex
#13I don't like the author's attitude but I find the article at least tangential to something worth considering. Flawed communications as a social issue are larger in scope than technology alone. False equivalence is dangerous. If I was going to make an argument to support anything positive that I find in the article, I would frame it like this..
Popular presentations: coding=hacking=glamour hacking=crime=glamour
Less popular presentations: work=money=glamour creativity+work=glamour+money
Never mind the assumption that glamour is desirable. I'll just pretend that glamour represents any positive outcome, but be very strict about that being a local declaration on its' way to the garbage collector real fast.