Then we can fight for the things people think are mainstream issues now, like if BPA is good for us, clean up oil spills, exploring out space, you know all the things people who believe we have freedom now think are the front-row issues.
seeing as you're question seems to be actually "should I switch degrees". I don't think so, College degree is not related to being a good programmer and will not make you a better one and its highly unlikely to even increase you're chance of landing let alone keeping a programming job. People in this field don't care about degree, they only care that you can do the work.