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Deep Listening at the Recurse Center

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Helping programmers become more self-directed through meditative listening.

In November 2016 I did a short residency at the Recurse Center , a wonderful learning environment for computer programmers in New York City based on the idea of unschooling. Applicants that are accepted attend the program for free for 6- or 12-week batches. There are no teachers and there is no curriculum - it's just a community of learners trying to self-organize to become better programmers, whatever that means to them. Recursers, as people attending the program are called, are a fairly diverse group. Some are just beginning to program and trying to get their first job making software while

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