Closing Keynote
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Claims that programming is a distinct, durable profession and not automatable, backed by a surprising number: 20 million programmers today versus under 10,000 historically. Argues economic cycles follow technological waves and calls programmers accountable for shaping futures, using a modeling metaphor of an enormous time series of matrices and invoking ephemeralization as the new industrial revolution. Includes the anecdote of a mother who learned Ruby as evidence of accessibility, and warns economies and work will change because of code.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:45Closing Keynote
- 5:07What Classifies as Work
- 6:10Marvin Minsky
- 8:09The Story of Civilization
