Learning to Code to Understand Technology | A Conversation with Andrew Smith

Why Go In?:  On today’s episode of Track Changes, Rich and Paul sit down with Andrew Smith, a journalist and writer who recently learned to code. We talk about following curiosity, and learning to program in a world where almost everything we interact with is mediated by code. We discuss Andrew’s pivot from writing about music and culture, to technology and high-finance, and dissect what that says about our lives today. We also get some insight into Andrew’s most recent research into the kids who ran the internet through 1995 - 2000 (Spoiler: the reasons behind the dot-com crash are a sham!).

 

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Andrew Smith https://andrewsmithauthor.com/splash/

Andrew on twitter https://twitter.com/wiresmith?lang=en

Moon Dust : In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth https://www.amazon.com/Moondust-Search-Men-Fell-Earth-ebook/dp/B005EJKRDM

Douglas Rushkoff https://rushkoff.com/

Real Player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealPlayer

Quincy Larson https://twitter.com/ossia

Free Code Camp https://www.freecodecamp.org/

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