035.斯图尔特·布兰特
“I think that hackers–dedicated, innovative, irreverent computer programmers–are the most interesting and effective body of intellectuals since the framers of the US constitution. … No other group that I know of has set out to liberate a technology and succeeded. They not only did so against the active disinterest of corporate America, their success forced corporate America to adopt their style in the end….. The quietest of all the ’60s subcultures has emerged as the most innovative and powerful”. — — Stewart Brand
我觉得黑客作为计算机程序员,具有奉献精神,
拥有创新意识,还有点桀骜不驯,
他们是自美国有史以来最有趣且最出众的人才。
除了黑客之外,我还不知道有哪个群体能够把
一门技术解放出来,并获得成功。他们不仅抨击了
美国社会的冷漠,而且最终使美国社会接受了
他们的风格。每个人都意识到了信息时代的到来,
这些黑客一定程序上能够促进经济的发展……
20世纪60年代默默无闻的亚文化已经崭露头角,
成为最具创新性和最强大的文化体系。
— — 斯图尔特·布兰特
2016.2.04