One is a semi-automated bodily process necessary for extracting oxygen from the atmosphere, and the other is writing instructions in strictly defined languages to control the resources of computer systems.
Other than a contrived emotional connection you might make between the two, they aren't comparable.
You assume that you live in a physical world but you live in information world for real.
I think you do, and you will increasingly do so as time passes.
So, being able to control information flow becomes as important as controlling air flow. Yes, you don't die by being unable to do so for five minutes. You don't live that much either.
