[w1ntermute]

> This is not the fault of those people, it’s a fault of education. Automation is not intuitive, it’s not something humans understand instinctively.

Actually, I think a large number of people who are good programmers figured out automation on their own, meaning the education system is almost entirely useless when it comes to this. We all have our own stories for this moment of enlightenment - mine was writing TI calculator programs to "automate" problem sovling in middle school algebra.

[luxpsycho]

Well, yes, "people who are good programmers". The point here is though that the others should get an idea about this. There will always be people who don;t understand the easiest of procedures, but I am sure a large number of people would understand automation if the idea was given to them (at an early age). Probably would they then think about it when the need arrises, and maybe come up with some creative solutions. If we just leave it to the natural good programmers, the solutions may be better, but the number will be lower.