изменить мир
08:19 | 18-08-2010 | Internet, Lifeform, Literature, Software | No Comments
замечательная статья о книге Стивена Леви “Хакеры: герои компьютерной революции”, приуроченная к очередному переизданию — на этот раз, очевидно, электронному в O’Reilly Media.
вот, например:
The popular view of computing in its early years was eroding as personal computers popped up more and more in homes and offices following the release of “Hackers.” People were realizing that computers could be fun. They could start to see how the computers could make our lives easier.
And Levy helped take people to the next step. He showed them that computers could alter the relationships between people, and even cause us to view the world in new ways.
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It was the second part of the book that struck home the most. This section discussed Community Memory and other idealistic experiments to give a voice to masses of people through computers.
так и вышло: дружба в Facebook изменила человечекие взаимоотношения (будут ли они когда-нибудь прежними?), Twitter позволил заговорить, а WikiLeaks сломали окружающие барьеры:
Hacker culture has proven to be the motor behind new thinking and group effort in technology. The double-pronged genius of hackerism — sharing freely while creating conditions for the unfettered exploration of each individual’s talents — has nurtured the advancements of our age.
от взломанного телефона до прозрачной политики, от несуществующих миллиардных “прибылей” до координированных акций взаимопомощи, от реформ здравоохранения до новых искусства, науки и производства — именно так и нужно продигаться дальше.