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Number of Coders In Congress To Triple (From One To Three)

Posted by samzenpus on from the small-steps dept.

jfruh writes Last weekend, Tim Berners-Lee said that the UK needs more members of parliament who can code. Well, the most recent U.S. congressional election has obliged him on this side of the Atlantic: the number of coders in Congress has tripled, with the downside being that their numbers have gone from one to three.

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  1. Coding, maybe. Science for sure. by Primate+Pete · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really, I don't need my legislators to know how to program, because I don't know that programming skills are what's needed to produce good legislation and policy.

    Basic literacy in science, and the honesty to make evidence-based decisions would be much higher on my list of essential skills for congressvermin.