Book Summary: Coders by Clive Thompson — How Programmers Are Reshaping Society

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* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes.

By reading this summary, you will discover the world of computer code, its good and bad sides.

You will also discover :

that in the 1950s and 1960s, most programmers were women;
that the stereotype of the introverted and asocial geek coder is now challenged by the massification of the profession;
that the libertarian ideology is widespread among computer programmers;
that artificial intelligence is both a progress and a threat, which must be controlled.
You use software and applications every day, but you probably don’t know how they are made. Behind your screens, there are thousands of lines of code that allow the machine (your computer, your phone, and even your car) to interact with you and do what you tell it to do. These lines of code are written by men and women. Who are they? Beyond the clichŽs, enter the secret universe of those who make the world of tomorrow!

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