MIT no longer teaches anyone to understand programming because software no longer makes any sense. http://www.posteriorscience.net/?p=206
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@mpweiher also, I keep hearing that it's astonishing that I know how my car works.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rbrockerhoff
@rbrockerhoff@mpweiher Maybe this is a generational thing? It used to be possible to maintain one’s own car, so understanding it was useful1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@rbrockerhoff@mpweiher Starting around 20 years ago, fixing your own car became effectively impossible, so understanding is useless.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@meaningness@mpweiher true that I haven’t fixed my car (at least the motor) for about 20 years, but I wouldn’t say that it’s “useless”.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rbrockerhoff
@meaningness@mpweiher same for electronics, tools, computers, whatnot. Multi-level understanding of how things work can never be useless.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@rbrockerhoff @mpweiher yes, I agree strongly!
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