You may be a hacker and not even know it. Being a hacker has nothing to do with cyberterrorism, and it doesn’t even necessarily relate to the...
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Apr 02, 2011
Javier
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From the hacker viewpoint, leisure-centeredness may be just as undesirable as work-centeredness. Hackers want to do something significant: they want to create. While they avoid work that does not give rise to an opportunity for creativity, they also consider leisure as such insufficient as an ideal state. A Sunday spent in apathetic leisure can be as insufferable as a Friday.
Hackers do not feel that leisure time is automatically any more meaningful than work t More...
From the hacker viewpoint, leisure-centeredness may be just as undesirable as work-centeredness. Hackers want to do something significant: they want to create. While they avoid work that does not give rise to an opportunity for creativity, they also consider leisure as such insufficient as an ideal state. A Sunday spent in apathetic leisure can be as insufferable as a Friday.
Hackers do not feel that leisure time is automatically any more meaningful than work t More...
Jun 18, 2011
Scribe
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Picked this up from the library rather randomly, and read it in 3 days - very thought provoking, especially because even though it's written 10 years ago, so much of what it grapples with is still - or even more - relevant today. While Egypt was flaring up, it was fascinating to read about how the Internet was used in the 1999 Kosovo crisis.
But for me the first 2 parts - on money as motivation, and our attitude towards work - were the most riveting. The "Hacker Ethic" is stil More...
But for me the first 2 parts - on money as motivation, and our attitude towards work - were the most riveting. The "Hacker Ethic" is stil More...
Apr 07, 2008
Ricardo
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La ética del hacker y el espíritu de la era de la información, es una excelente visión de cómo se está creando valor profesional, social y de negocios a partir de internet. Recuperando en sentido origila del término "hacker" como inventores apasionados (y no como "cracker" que son los delincuentes informáticos) describe el espíritu, los valores, las habilidades y el mundo de los innovadores en la red. Elementos claves en la era wikinomics o Long Tail, como la pasión, la col
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Dec 30, 2010
Franco
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Che mi ricordi il primo saggio che si occupa di etica hacker, e non di hackers, e che lo fa dal punto di vista del riflesso della loro cultura sulla moderna società digitale e non dal punto di vista cronachistico (per non dire scandalistico ... ).
Un saggio a maggior ragione apprezzabile alla luce del recente diffondersi del fenomeno blog prima, e di quello dei social network poi.
Da leggere, assolutamente.
Un saggio a maggior ragione apprezzabile alla luce del recente diffondersi del fenomeno blog prima, e di quello dei social network poi.
Da leggere, assolutamente.
Aug 08, 2011
visitro
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I did enjoy this read. It gave me a sort of motivation to take pleasure in work. However this book perpetuates a stereotype and I am weary to recommend it. It's a small read and I do plan to read it once more but remember this is just one persons view on a subculture.
Jan 23, 2010
Scott
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Book started w/ an interesting overview of the Protestant Ethic and how that evolved into today's society. But later on the book turned into more of a motivational self help which was not expected.
Nov 29, 2011
Mike
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Finally, a book that embraces my kind of work ethic as something other than "disorganized laziness". A great read that goes quickly and offers some interesting ideas on how the ethics of the hacker world could make the world a better place for everyone.
Nov 15, 2007
Gabe
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An outstanding philosophical discussion on work, play, and living. This book closely aligns with the other two books in my list, "Maverick" and "The Seven Day Weekend". The author makes and outstanding argument that the typical idea that pervades Western thought when it comes to working, The Protestant Work Ethic (which he explains is not a religious concept), is no longer valid. He introduces the Hacker Ethic, a way to enjoy doing what you do to make a living. The book i
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Jan 26, 2010
Alexander
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Discussion on Hacker Ethics in comparison with the Protestant or Work Ethics.
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