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Ah, hackers, we are getting lost inside capitalism - inside startups - inside e-commerce and social media... I am not talking about socialism or leftism, we can
by kickscondor 8y ago
Ah, hackers, we are getting lost inside capitalism - inside startups - inside e-commerce and social media... I am not talking about socialism or leftism, we can get lost in those too - I am talking about 'personal'/'hobbyist'/'obscure' - like we see in zine sites like whimsy.space or the rabbit hole of sites like philosopher.life.
A part of our humanity will always be in 'obfuscation'/'code golf', demoscene, abandonware, easter eggs, the humble quine, dot plan files, muds, the icfp contest. Could the preservation of 'fun' and 'sheer fun' be above these other conflicts? If ai destroys humanity, it will definitely do well to start with the 'fun'.
- Yahivin 8y agoPreach it!
- kickscondor 8y agoLove your work - mind fielding some questions over e-mail or sth?
- Yahivin 8y agoSure thing, my email is in my profile. As much as I love toiling in obscurity I actually enjoy much more when people notice :)
- _verandaguy 8y agoThis is so deep that I'll have to take care not to get nitrogen poisoning coming back up.
- kickscondor 8y agoApologies for being heavy-handed. Sometimes this happens.
- beaconstudios 8y agoyou, uh, got any more of them philosopher.life sites? H0p3's wiki combines three of my favourites things: function over form art, Jungian reasoning and the (true) hacker ethos of unbounded individual exploration. I've always wanted to be a part of a community following those ideals or the underlying unifier between them (cicada 3301 exemplified this mentality too; lesswrong seems interesting but I get the impression of it being "too" rational to the point of being detached) but I have no idea where to find them (or even what to look for).
- kickscondor 8y agoYou'll need to read deeper into h0p3's wiki to find what you're looking for. A good start is here: https://philosopher.life/#Find%20the%20Others https://philosopher.life/#Find%20the%20Others and on his pages title "Link Log". Hopefully we will see something at sphygm.us soon. I hope this late reply finds you, beaconstudios.
- beaconstudios 8y agoIt does, thank you! I was deeply involved in hacker culture in my teens and, while I can't describe what "it" is, I really rather miss it. Your mentioning the demoscene reminded me of how their community reminded me of the same. A few other subcultures I've encountered echoes of on the internet too. I've been reading a few of h0p3's posts over the last few days so hopefully I'll find some pointers.