Why Pushing People to Code Will Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor

The problem is elevating coding to the level of a required or necessary ability. I believe that is a recipe for further technologically induced stratification. Before jumping on the everybody-must-code bandwagon, we have to look at the larger, societal effects — or else risk running headlong into an even wider inequality gap.

By Jathan Sadowski

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/12/stop-thinking-that-coding-is-the-answer-to-all-of-societys-problems/