Wait, Wait — — Hacking Is A Good Thing?
Sometime in the last year, hacking became a good thing. Having grown up around computers, hacking used to mean “unauthorized access to information on a computer.” This was done by the “black hat” people. Then, corporations decided they wanted to hire these people to find vulnerabilities and turned them into “white hat” people. So far, so good.
Then I wake up one day to find that I now have an endless number of people offering advice for:
Growth Hack; Success Hack; Life Hack; Study Hack; Happiness Hack; Profit Hack; Hack the Market; Hack Mind-control Success; Visual Hack; Entrepreneurial Hack; Social Media Hack; Motivational Hack and many others.
Several questions come to mind.
Do I really need this many hacks? Let’s assume I do, although that is a stretch.
Has “hack” just become another word for tips, clues or keys? I fear it has foisted itself in as a synonym for other words.
Does using it in a list indicate that you have “unauthorized access to information” as in the previous meaning? It must allude to that “behind closed door, in the dark with great secrecy” connotation of the previous days. It must convey that you are hearing secrets few people know.
One final question. Now that hacks are good, if I apply these hacks to all the different areas of my life, will I then find out that I now need new hacks to hack my hacks?
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