Why I am learning to code and you should, too

It’s time Americans begin treating computer code the way we do the alphabet or arithmetic. Code is the stuff that makes computer programs work — the list of commands that tells a word processor, a website, a video game, or an airplane navigation system what to do. That’s all software is: lines of code, written by people.

We are socializing, working, consuming, and living in a world increasingly defined by programs. Learning to code is the best way to understand what all those programs do, or even to recognize that they are there in the first place.

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    More important is having a basic knowledge of how computers and networks work. Let me give you an example. It’s quite...
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  12. seashelllz said: I read this and started learning to code immediately!
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    I Would Have To Agree! We All Need To Learn This … It Is Truly The New Esperanto!
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