On: The Origins of Wokeness

[superdisk]

Hacking isn't just about computer programming, you could call it a philosophy.

[avs733 → superdisk]

The version of hacking I’ve grown up with for 30 plus years has always had very little space in it for bad takes from rich people.

[Klonoar → avs733]

You’re commenting on the central megaphone of one of the biggest VC components in the valley ecosystem.

That it has “hacker” is seemingly incidental. This place has always had bad takes from rich people - or takes from people who are seeking to be rich by way of tech.

[dleink → Klonoar]

No, but see, it's called the _Democratic_ People's Republic of Korea. It's right there in the name.

[avs733 → Klonoar]

> That it has “hacker” is seemingly incidental. This place has always had bad takes from rich people - or takes from people who are seeking to be rich by way of tech

Right, but hacker is the culture they have wrapped themselves in, and I'm commenting on that. I'm commenting on one of the markers of validity that matters to how people in this group evaluate the credibility of an argument.

[redeux → superdisk]

I would call hacking a culture more than a philosophy. Specifically it's a counterculture, much like the group that seems to have the ire of PG, who can (perhaps ironically) be seen here supporting the existing hegemony.

[krapp → superdisk]

The philosophy of hacking, traditionally, aligns far more with "wokeness" (using the good faith interpretation) than with the antiwoke, redpilled, capitalist neoreactionary ideology currently wearing its skin for clout.