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  1. Oct 2023
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    1. deas, not artifacts. It’s not just the software andhardware artifacts we produce that will be physi-cally present everywhere and touch our lives allthe time, it will be the computational conceptswe use to approach and solve problems, manageour daily lives, and communicate and interactwith other people;

      I feel this is something that is being taught slightly in the sports education model of physical education. In which you are taught skills, but emphasis the importance of knowing when and where to use them.

    2. Fundamental, not rote skill. A fundamental skill issomething every human being must know tofunction in modern society. Rote means amechanical routine.

      I think that using this example in a physical education connotation would be very adventitious in a classroom setting to better explain computers and people to compare one to the other and how sometimes in sports they need to be a bit robotic in their role to execute properly.

    3. Compu-tational biology is changing the way biologiststhink. Similarly, computational game theory ischanging the way economists think; nanocomput-ing, the way chemists think; and quantum comput-ing, the way physicists think.

      I really enjoyed this example comparing it to other related fields of interest. It really helped me to better understand the text and what exactly was being explained. I have learned game theory extensively and think it can be used to simplify computer thinking.

    4. When your son loses hismittens, you suggest he retrace his steps; that’s back-tracking

      This reminds me of the everyday process of losing my keys only to recreate in a theatrical aspect every step I have taken to rediscover them. I really like the metaphor at use here for explaining how computers think.