Although we would not have sent Shakespeare to the “pen science” program, he did have to master the use of the pen in order to write his plays. Perhaps a better example would be Jackson Pollock. Pollock likely didn’t study the science of making paint but he did master the mixing and thinning of paint in order to express himself in his unique style. His paint had to be just the right thickness for his dripping technique to work. Similarly, those who use computers to express their ideas need to learn to program.
In order to master this, we need to learn how to think with and through the computer, not just think about it. We need to learn how to code but not for the sake of coding for the ability to use the computer to help us do something else, perhaps art, or civics, or literature, or science. Central to this is embracing the human and putting humans first. Start with individuals, groups and their passions; letting that drive the application of technology.
t the end of the day, while we need computer science to continue to progress the state of the art, the real power of computation is in how it is used. Whenever we encounter some exciting new technology, the first question we ask ourselves is how do we use this to make the world a better place?
https://makezine.com/2017/09/22/computer-science-isnt-answer/
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