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>> As a gathering of experts on startup and tech-related topics, HN is unmatched Agreed. When people say co-founding is like a marriage, I think it's not much
by lhorie 16y ago
>> As a gathering of experts on startup and tech-related topics, HN is unmatched
Agreed. When people say co-founding is like a marriage, I think it's not much of a stretch to say that start-ups and hacking in general are a way of life. That's why I worded it as "lifestyle discussions".
One could say that intellectuals are similar to hackers in that both take interest in nuances of complex things, but imo, hacker culture is more individualistic ("let me do my thing") whereas intellectualism is more of conversational ("hey, here's another thing to ponder").
- willchang 16y agoPoint taken. Hackers are nuanced when it comes to their expertise, so nuance is not really the difference between hackers and intellectuals. If pressed I'd say that the hacking trait is biased toward exploiting knowledge, whereas the intellectual trait is biased toward understanding (or integrating knowledge, if you will). The ideal hacker is also an intellectual generalist, but really all you need to be a hacker is some expertise. Outside of that expertise, the typical hacker either avoids having opinions, or has prefabbed ones -- they aren't very different than the general population.