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Asking the American people to code is not going to solve the nation's problems. What it does is add one more tool a citizen can use to make him or herself more useful to society.

What the president should encourage people is to become a MAKER - a general term for DIY manufacturing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_culture

People will not learn to code unless they have a reason. Maker is more people trying to solve their own problems. It may happen that others may have the same problem and there may be some opportunity.




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