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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 2 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
1. filleokus ◴[20 Jun 16 18:19 UTC] No.11939988[source]▶
Do you believe everyone should be thought, or exposed to, programming in school? I'm afraid that universal inclusion of programming in the curriculum would have an opposite effect and make the next generation despise programming, in the same way some people feel about math today.
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2. alankay1 ◴[20 Jun 16 22:13 UTC] No.11942003[source]▶
Everyone should get fluent in "real science" and many other things come along very nicely with this -- including the kinds of programming that will really help most people.