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Last week I looked at *Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic* by |
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Allison Parrish for the second time. This was an amazing talk given by Allison Parrish |
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at the Open Hardware Summit in 2016. The first time I was introduced to this talk a year ago |
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my friend was trying to introduce me to the nuanced differences between |
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"new" and "old" FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) cultures. Every time that I |
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looked at this piece I get excited because it made me ponder what our community |
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*should* be, and what it *could* be. I am very reminiscent about |
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all the 80's hacker lingo and literature like the ["Hackers Manifesto"](http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html) that |
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inspired me when I was in middle school. |
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In Parrish's talk she examined the points that Levy make in his book |
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*Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution*. This talk picked out how aspects |
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of Levy's hacker ethos are problematic and how we can work to change this Hacker |
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Ethic to be more supporting of communities. |
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However, before we dive into the breakdown of Levy's and Parrish's arguments, |
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it is important to have a common understanding of these things: |
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- what hacker means |
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- the nature of knowledge and knowing |
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- our assumptions about society |
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## What Hacker Means |
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## Nature of Knowledge and Knowing |
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## Assumptions about Society |
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