Programming a Generation – By teaching its kids computer science, Montana can tap a reserve of unrealized potential

The traditional avatar of a child prodigy was manifested in the musical mastery of Mozart or Beethoven, who began composing at the age of 5, or the early artistic flair of Picasso.

That paradigm is shifting, and the new prototype – the wunderkind of the future – is beginning to look very different.

It’s the kindergarten computing virtuoso. The pre-adolescent programmer. The software sophist.

It’s Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

By Tristan Scott

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