My essay "Learn to Code vs. Code to Learn: Creative Coding Beyond the Economic Imperative" is now available online > https://silviolorusso.com/publication/learn-to-code-vs-code-to-learn/
The essay was originally published in the book "Graphic Design in the Post-Digital Age", which includes 20+ interviews with amazing designers and creative coders such as @raphael 
@entreprecariat @raphael @rra @cmos4040 @mara @sejo
Good essay. I liked the summary of the "Learn to code" mockery.
I also liked the juxtaposition between "learn to code" and "code to learn".
The latter makes me think of the notion of imbuing your activity with "quality" from Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.
Coding on open source software, for fun and the sake of it and not due to some economic imperative has for me some element of coding to learn instead of learning to code.
@jcbrand @raphael @rra @cmos4040 @mara @sejo
thank you! I'm glad it resonated :)