How much of the beneficial parts of the "hacker ethos" are rooted in having to circumvent the disapproval and blockers that attempted to prevent access to the m

How much of the beneficial parts of the "hacker ethos" are rooted in having to circumvent the disapproval and blockers that attempted to prevent access to the machine? Nobody was encouraging me to dick around on the computer and learn what have turned out to be hugely beneficial skills. Instead it was "Get the fuck off that thing and go outside and stack the firewood!"