https://www.vox.com/technology/2019/4/2/18287149/coding-coders-software-developers-clive-thompson

Coders wield remarkable influence over our everyday lives. How do they think about the world?

Coders are “among the most quietly influential people on the planet” today, according to technology reporter Clive Thompson. In the past 30 years or so, he tells me, software has become a guide for “the way we communicate, the way we pay for things, the way we pay attention to the world, and the way learn about what’s happening.”