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Here's what I think today.
現在，我是這樣想的。
Little girls don't know that they are not supposed to like computers. Little girls are amazing.
小女孩們并不知道自己被認為是不該喜歡電腦的。小女孩們很厲害。
They are really, really good at concentrating on things and being exact
她們非常非常擅長于集中注意力，做事精確，
and they ask amazing questions like, "What?" and "Why?" and "How?" and "What if?"
她們還會提出很多有意思的問題，比如 “什么？”，“為什么？”， “如何？”以及“如果？”
And they don't know that they are not supposed to like computers. It's the parents who do.
她們并不知道自己被看作不應該會喜歡電腦。是她們的父母會這樣想。
It's us parents who feel like computer science is this esoteric, weird science discipline that only belongs to the mystery makers.
我們的父母認為計算機科學是如此深奧晦澀又稀奇古怪的領域，專屬于那些制造奧秘的人。
That it's almost as far removed from everyday life as, say, nuclear physics.
它和日常生活的距離之遠，就像遙不可及的核物理一般。
And they are partly right about that.
他們的想法也有些道理。
There's a lot of syntax and controls and data structures and algorithms and practices, protocols and paradigms in programming.
編程中有那么多語法，控制項和數據結構，各種算法、實踐以及協議和范式。
And we as a community, we've made computers smaller and smaller.
我們共同將電腦做得越來越小。
We've built layers and layers of abstraction on top of each other between the man and the machine
我們建立了層層疊疊的抽象概念，在人與機器之間，
to the point that we no longer have any idea how computers work or how to talk to them.
直到我們都不再了解電腦到底是如何工作的，以及應當如何與之溝通。
And we do teach our kids how the human body works, we teach them how the combustion engine functions
我們會教給我們的孩子人體是如何工作的，教給他們內燃機的工作原理，
and we even tell them that if you want to really be an astronaut you can become one.
我們甚至會告訴孩子，如果你真想要成為一名宇航員你會做到的。
But when the kid comes to us and asks, "So, what is a bubble sort algorithm?"
可當我們的孩子跑來問我們，“那么，什么是冒泡排序法？”
Or, "How does the computer know what happens when I press 'play,' how does it know which video to show?"
或者：“當我按下執行鍵，電腦怎么知道要做什么？”“它怎么知道放哪一個視頻？”
Or, "Linda, is Internet a place?" We adults, we grow oddly silent.
又或者，“琳達，網絡是一個地方嗎？”我們成年人，會異常沉默。
"It's magic," some of us say. "It's too complicated," the others say.
有些人會說：“它有神奇的力量?！边€有些人會說：“這太復雜了?！?/p>
