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Why Teaching Basic Computer Science is a Crucial Business Skill
Learning the basics of computers changed how I viewed the world.
No, really.
They seem to like this magical thing that works somehow, and our media and cultural fears play highly on that magical feature, but when you break it down it’s really quite understandable and simple. Computers have a language, and there are rules to language. There are rules that computers [and technology] operate within, and that’s just that. If you take away the idea that it’s magic, and try to understand, it becomes simple.
Computers aren’t magic. They do not have personalities, and even though we as humans find it easy to attribute emotional responses to their actions — like a computer freezing up on us, or refusing to send an email, we have to remember that they are just machines, effectively following a series of rules.
This is key to dispelling the mystery, and opening ourselves up to the idea that we can understand why they do the things they do, even without knowing the full technical details, or a full arsenal of programming knowledge. We can then even use this to better structure why we do what we do. Using programmatic thinking can reduce decision fatigue and increase the effectiveness of your daily operations.
