Coders the making of a new tribe and the remaking of the world
"From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson, a brilliant and immersive anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers - where they come from, how they think, what makes for greatness in their world, and what should give us pause"--
| Main Author: | Thompson, Clive, 1968- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- The software update that changed reality
- The four waves of coders
- Constant frustration and bursts of joy
- Among the INTJs
- The cult of efficiency
- 10x, rock stars, and the myth of meritocracy
- The ENIAC girls vanish
- Hackers, crackers, and freedom fighters
- Cucumbers, Skynet, and rise of the AI
- Scale, trolls, and big tech
- Blue-collar coding.