BenSw

There are a few examples. Cory Doctorow's books Little Brother and Homeland are good examples of showing kids that they can use code to fight for social justice.

Being able to code is a superpower. When we teach people how to code we should show them that with this superpower it is possible to make things other than social or mobile apps.

I'm not sure there was ever a single moment where I realized he was going to become influential. One thing of memory was around 2000, when I was 10 years old. Aaron and I were swimming in a local pool and at some point during the day he stopped and said, "Ben, there is something you need to know about: RSS." He then went on to explain what it was and I responded with, "Who would ever use that Aaron?"

It was always the case that he was interested in things (or creating things) far before people knew that they were going to be influential.