Nerds, Makers, Techies, Geeks. It doesn't matter which order, but in recent years anyone who bears any of these gender labels has ceased to be a "weirdo“, which was previously a stereotype rejected by more popular groups in civil society. But now there is another word, which is loaded with good and bad synonyms, and which explains very well the strength of a group: Chippers.
At first glance, for most people in general, a criminal invades computers to steal valuable information and cause inconvenience. But believe me: the original meaning of the term has nothing to do with intrusions or cyberattacks. In English, the verb “hack” has a translation like weaving, cutting, breaking, that is, dismantling and remaking something quickly, with fewer parts and in a way that it works better than it was before.
In the 1950s, a group of MIT students called the "Tech Model Railroad Club" (TMRC) often met to discuss ways to automate the operation of miniature trains. For this unusual group, “hack” meant a very good and effective way of reasoning, like “solve a problem with agility and elegance🇧🇷 During its 60 years of existence, the TMRC has always denied the undue association of the hacker with a thief or vandal.
CURIOSITY IN ANY CORNER
Eric Raymond, famous writer and who in 1998 wrote the renowned book “Hacker Howto”, spoke about what is involved in this philosophy, as well as its way of acting.
"The hacker mentality is not confined to this software-hacker culture. There are people who apply the hacker attitude to other things, like electronics or music – in fact you can find them at the highest levels of any science or art.,” Raymond wrote.
In the same vein of conversation was what Jeff Potter, a researcher in computer science, said in his book “Cooking for Geeks”, where he showed his vision of “hacker thinking”, defining that it feeds an endless curiosity about how things work . Potter also spoke about solutions based on the intelligent use of technology.
Mixing the “how” with the “why” can also work in an environment where cookware and recipes can be interpreted as hardware and software.
"Some of the best hacks start out as secure, stable ways to solve unexpected problems, and being able to see those solutions is what it means to think like a hacker.,” writes Potter.
BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
As the word “hack” means “to hit hard and rearrange the pieces”, as we already talked about in the previous episode, we can expand this idea in any areas. After all, if our knowledge is built by pieces of information, how about we encourage ways to find, organize and spread these pieces around?
In short, the hacker culture has to do with our relationship with information in a 100% digital world. Acting like one of them means taking a step beyond that “basic surfing” on the web, but exploring the ocean as if it were made with “Lego bricks”. Being a hacker is an incredible way to break paradigms and solve some of the many problems in today's world. But it's like that Spider-Man cliché: "Great power brings great responsibility".
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