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		textread on March 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Build full “product skills” and you'll probably be... `Educators, generals, dieticians, psychologists, and parents program. Armies, students, and some societies are programmed.` by Alan J Perlis, the first Turing Award recipient. Managers, CEOs, Department Heads...are already 'programming'. As the abstraction moves higher up, some people that have excessively narrow expertise will be made redundant.

jasondigitized on March 19, 2023 [–]

Lawyers are basically programmers of the law when it comes down to it. The law is nothing more than a set of rules and instructions.

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