Product & Innovation
Should kids still learn to code and do advanced math?
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What the archive says
01Matt would put coding and advanced math (calculus, trigonometry) on the chopping block for kids, while keeping reading and spelling as the foundation of communication — open coding jobs in the US have dropped like a stone. source →
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What was actually said
There was a time when people would say you're crazy if, to hear some of your points earlier, if you didn't learn how to milk a cow growing up or how to create fire. Reading and spelling is important because it's probably the foundation of how we communicate. But when you talk about math or calculus or trigonometry, these advanced theories of mathematics, these are things that humans just aren't going to have to do anymore.
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