Episode 1204 • • 1:45:26 - 1:51:53
1204: Hunt the Wumpus
Joe Biden's Detroit Claims, Coding and Coal Shoveling
During a campaign event, Joe Biden claimed he was tasked with saving Detroit from bankruptcy and asserted that anyone who can "throw coal into a furnace" can learn to program a computer. Biden recounted a story of training 54 women in Detroit to manage the city's sewer and lighting systems through a 19-week coding course. Critics labeled the comparison between manual labor and high-level programming as naive and out of touch with modern technology.