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Re:Low interest rates in advanced countries have pushed mone... by fijiaarone on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @11:17PM (#29338184)
Being able to code puts you in the top 10% of the IQ bell curve. Being able to see the value in automating something and being able to implement it puts you in the top 1%.

That’s not meant as flattery, it’s just pointing out that the efficiency gains of universal computer literacy will not be realized.

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Re:Low interest rates in advanced countries have pushed mone... by diffeomorphism on Thursday November 25, 2021 @01:55AM (#29338880)
At a high level maybe, but basic coding is succesfully taught in middle schools. If you needed to be "10%" for that, those classes would fail horribly.

> will not be realized.

Not quickly, but give it a few decades. In particular, you will probably have to wait for another generation of teachers.

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Re:Low interest rates in advanced countries have pushed mone... by AussieWog93 on Thursday November 25, 2021 @04:05AM (#29339575)
>At a high level maybe, but basic coding is succesfully taught in middle schools.

Exactly this. Not everyone can work for Google (or even for a B-grade software firm!), but in many instances all you need to do is string a couple of libraries together in order to get order-of-magnitude productivity gains.

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Re:Low interest rates in advanced countries have pushed mone... by lifeisstillgood on Thursday November 25, 2021 @12:48AM (#29338573)
"They used to say you could not teach women to read"

I disagree - we spend years from age two teaching literacy. It's a skill that needs practise, but it's a relatively new invention that has enormous benefits. Software is too.

(Mind blowing fact: The walls of jericho were built 2,000 years before writing was invented)

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