I believe the answer to 'why are there fewer when there is more access to knowledge' has to do with an irony actually. In general things are much more accessible than they used to be, and there are many more accessible distractions available to everyone. Necessity drives innovation after all, so if there is less necessity for the general population, less people will be compelled to test the bounds of innovation.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Cox" <waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 8:20 AMSubject: Re: Searching for blind programmer to start a school for blind programmers
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think trying to just teach programming though is counterproductivebecause the classes in college do that rather well. I guess teaching peopleto use tools might be a better goal then teaching coding.
Well, you may be right. With the web, learning just about anything is so much easier than when I was a kid. What remains a mystery to me is why we're not seeing blind kids going nuts programming computers. Surely they have plenty of access to them in the US. Is there anything that can be done to inspire the new generation of blind kids to dive in and learn what's under the hood? Why do so few seem to make it? Bill __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
