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For those of us who work in tech, code almost exclusively has a

uniform meaning.

It's that set of instructions until recently only written by humans

that specifies any action a computer should execute. In his most recent book, my guest Philip Oswald talks about code in a broader meaning of the word.

It is the how of human productivity, the manner in which we create, refine and implement the infrastructure that constitutes a human society.

The advancement of code from the Neolithic era to modern times has been the driving force behind the reinvention of identity, cities and work.

Philip argues that we are at one of those crucial stages and through his book he offers a guide to the future.

Philip is an associate professor of public policy at George Mason University

and he's a co-editor of innovations, a quarterly journal about entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges.

He currently leads the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network, which is an initiative of the

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