[t8y]

This stuff reminds me of New Math[0], I like this video on it[1].

People have a bizarre relationship with math. Somehow it's a huge problem if people don't memorise a lookup table of multiplication of unsigned integers from 1-12, Times tables are not even math! It seems like it's mostly just social and any real math has to be taught later in life. Even teaching real basic math like set theory was rejected by the masses because they didn't know it.

I wonder what society would be like is New Math continued. If everyone could do it then the average person would be far better at some (IMO the most important) aspects of programming than most programmers today. Would GDP be 2x, 10x, 100x higher? Imagine if a random hairdresser or landscaper had a perfect understanding on how computers work, it'd be crazy.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvEcFJANVQo