On the contrary, evidence suggests that people naturally learn to code when faced with operating a programmable device (even if they don&#x27;t know what they&#x27;re doing is coding). Everyone pretty much had to be able code to operate a computer in the 80s. And they did, even lowly secretaries with no fancy degrees. Now that people have to deal with closed-down computer systems that come prepackaged with everything the user is supposed to need, the coding is not necessary to be able to operate them. And then of course you get a generation of people who aren&#x27;t motivated to learn to code, because they don&#x27;t have to.<p>&quot;Can&#x27;t code&quot; is the new &quot;can&#x27;t do math&quot;. What it really means is that the person doesn&#x27;t <i>want</i> to code (or to do math), not that they <i>cannot</i> do it.