Clive Thompson

Contributing writer, New York Times Magazine; columnist, Wired and Smithsonian magazine; author most recently of "Coders: the Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World"

The Code That Controls Your Money

When Thomas first started programming, it was 1969. He was a kid just out of high school in Toronto, without any particular life goal. His father was a carpenter, but good luck following in his family’s footsteps; Thomas was all thumbs. “My father…

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