Even if you are not directly involved with programming computers, your life will still be affected by the resulting failures in the technological fabric that binds modern society.
Computers control many of the routine aspects of our daily lives.
Things we have grown accustom to always working, are managed by computers. For instance, consider how different your life would be if you could not trust traffic lights or elevators. What if everytime you wanted to buy something of significance, you had to sit down with a banker, fill out a loan form, and withstand a credit check. Instant credit, building security, and public safety systems are now largely, if not exclusively, controlled by computers. These are three immediately obvious examples.