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Me & my friends were script kiddies who broke into school & government systems for laughs while we were in school. All went on to good careers in tech & VC. I

• yborg 9y ago
  This may explain why there are so many sociopaths in tech and VC. I wonder what Travis Kalanick did for laughs when he was in school.
  • baursak 9y ago
    Questioning the authority is by no means sociopathic.
  • rbanffy 9y ago
    Testing boundaries is a natural part of growing up. My 5yo daughter does it all the time. Unfortunately, for some kids, their abilities may place the boundaries well beyond what would be considered criminal. Some go for drugs, some go into exploring other realms. When I was a teenager, I used to connect to BBSs outside the country by using the unconnected but active phone lines that came into the building. Only later someone told me that it was a relatively serious offence in my home country, going against national security laws and that it was done in a military dictatorship that, luckily at my time, was no longer keen on disappearing people. Later I learned many of my colleagues on college used to do the same.
• BoiledCabbage 9y ago
  > I’m actually more worried about the mindset that doesn’t want children to question authority and test the boundaries. Thought exercise: Does/should the same hold true for children who question authority and test boundaries through petty theft, or muggings? Why or Why not?