I disagree. Others have said (much more eloquently than I) that software is the new literacy. In a hundred years, I believe someone who can't at least read code will be at a disadvantage similar to someone who can't read English today.

Programming is craftsmanship, not really literacy. The difference is that most people don't like crafting, but they do like communicating. Most people are consumers.

Literacy is not the same thing as the ability and interest necessary to write a novel.

But it is the ability to read and (for the most part) understand that novel, which is important. There are definitely more books (and things in general) being written in the age of literacy than there was before.

But everyone has to write reports.

This is only true at our current level of intelligence. And we're not finished climbing this ladder. If we get to build serious brain-computer interfaces, those will help with many tasks, including computing.

Working memory for instance is closely associated to fluid intelligence, which is kinda required to program seriously. What if we stick a chip in your brain that doubles it?

Finally, programming is not a specialized skill like making cars. It can help you do anything, provided you understand whatever you are doing. This is as general as it gets. Anyone who can learn programming should learn it, eventually.

I disagree. I believe everyone could learn to code if we taught it from around the age of six or seven. We can read and do basic math can't we?

sure, everyone can be taught. I just don't see it happening anytime soon. If we are talking if 100 years from now, anything is possible and it is a different debate altogether. But in next 20 years thus is not happening.

With same logic , Everyone can be taught to be a rocket scientist too.