From 476b55db677d0820b2fdbb7711c99200f8affb24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jrtechs Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:06:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] started hacker ethic paper --- .../open-source/towards-a-new-hacker-ethic.md | 34 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blogContent/posts/open-source/towards-a-new-hacker-ethic.md diff --git a/blogContent/posts/open-source/towards-a-new-hacker-ethic.md b/blogContent/posts/open-source/towards-a-new-hacker-ethic.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0df5550 --- /dev/null +++ b/blogContent/posts/open-source/towards-a-new-hacker-ethic.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Last week I looked at *Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic* by +Allison Parrish for the second time. This was an amazing talk given by Allison Parrish +at the Open Hardware Summit in 2016. The first time I was introduced to this talk a year ago +my friend was trying to introduce me to the nuanced differences between +"new" and "old" FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) cultures. Every time that I +looked at this piece I get excited because it made me ponder what our community +*should* be, and what it *could* be. I am very reminiscent about +all the 80's hacker lingo and literature like the ["Hackers Manifesto"](http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html) that +inspired me when I was in middle school. + + + +In Parrish's talk she examined the points that Levy make in his book +*Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution*. This talk picked out how aspects +of Levy's hacker ethos are problematic and how we can work to change this Hacker +Ethic to be more supporting of communities. + +However, before we dive into the breakdown of Levy's and Parrish's arguments, +it is important to have a common understanding of these things: + +- what hacker means +- the nature of knowledge and knowing +- our assumptions about society + + +## What Hacker Means + + +## Nature of Knowledge and Knowing + + +## Assumptions about Society + +