I've heard numerous people reference the mythical pragmatism of programmers and hackers as a problem when idealism vs. self-interest is on the line, Kevin Mitnick being one of them (~"a caught hacker always rats etc.")
Solution? It would be great to revive the old cyber-optimism of the 1990's when everyone thought the Internet was going to save the world. The "twitter revolutions" come to mind, but that narrative is pretty shallow.
For people to take a stand and hold under temptation for money and power, they have to have something they can believe in.
Solution? It would be great to revive the old cyber-optimism of the 1990's when everyone thought the Internet was going to save the world. The "twitter revolutions" come to mind, but that narrative is pretty shallow.
For people to take a stand and hold under temptation for money and power, they have to have something they can believe in.