And we morph again, from a manufacturing economy to a service economy to a software economy. Again, not everyone will be writing code. But many more people will be ordering it, writing it, managing it, and interacting with it. It makes sense to understand it and to be able to create at least a little. — <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/learning-code-chinese-2011-12" target="_blank">Smart piece from Dan Frommer</a> on why <em>code</em> should be the second language you teach your kids. Couldn’t agree more. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.alexrainert.com/" target="_blank">arainert</a>)