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"Everyone should be able to program."
@evan @r0ml gave a fascinating presentation a few years ago about whether society sees computer programming more like literacy (in which case everyone should be exposed to at least some level of it) or a protected trade/guild (in which case we gate-keep). As I recall, he ran out of time before reaching a conclusion to that topic, but I thought the framing was useful.
@evan @r0ml To adopt and extend the frame a little: I would say that programming is something like cooking. You want most people to be able to do it for themselves, but when they do it for other people, you want to have some guardrails in place (health & safety standards ~= PII protection rules, for example).