#+title: hacker-ethics #+date: <2018-04-06> #+begin_quote - Access to computers---and anything that might teach you something about the way the world works---should be unlimited and total. Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative! - All information should be free. - Mistrust Authority---Promote Decentralization. - Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position. - You can create art and beauty on a computer. - Computers can change your life for the better. #+end_quote [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic][The Hacker Ethic]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution][Hackers: Heroes of Computer Revolution]], by Steven Levy