Andrew Leonard (born 1962) is an American

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who writes feature articles for ''

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'' and contributes to

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. From 1995 to 2014 he wrote for ''

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''. He has also written for ''

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''.

Career

Leonard is credited with coining the term "

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". He is the author of ''Bots: The Origin of New Species'', which ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' called a "playful social history of the internet". According to

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, also writing in the ''Times'', the book is "deceptively profound". ''Bots'' was one of the first few books published by ''Wired'''s nonfiction publishing venture ''HardWired'', launched in 1996. For six years as a financial analyst for Salon.com, Leonard wrote a blog, ''How the World Works'', covering topics such as speculation in the car market, the

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, and immigration reform. Leonard is the son of the American literary, television, film, and cultural critic John Leonard.

Selected works

References

External links

Salon page for Andrew Leonard
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