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> historically hackers have been phenomenally bad people to give any kind of real power to Do you have any examples?
by dmos62 8y ago
> historically hackers have been phenomenally bad people to give any kind of real power to
Do you have any examples?
- hi5eyes 8y agohackers generally dont like rules, as a start. the ethos for most is not really in line with positions of authority
- busterarm 8y agoThe laundry list of drama, infighting, bullying, sexual assaults, forcing people to take drugs, stealing research, etc., probably wouldn't have any context to an outsider. And most of what happens to people in this community occurs behind their backs.
- stevenwoo 8y agoThe guy behind The Daily Stormer, Andrew Auernheimer?
- txcwpalpha 8y agoPaul Leroux comes to mind. It also really depends on who you consider to be a "hacker". To some people, Zuckerberg fits the description (though he is a different type of hacker, moreso the "hacker" of "Hacker News"), and I think most would agree he would be a terrible politician.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 8y agoWas Leroux given power or did he take it, though? I'd posit that there may be differences between hackers that are given power and "power hungry" hackers that crave/seek/take power. There are then further differences between those power hungry hackers that only operate legally and those that are willing to do illegal things. I guess I'm just trying to say that Beto doesn't seem to be trying to take power the way that Leroux did so the comparison may not be as valid.
- AceyMan 8y agoTo my mind, Mark Zuckerberg fits here. (He wasn't "given" power, but the end result is much the same.)
- dvtrn 8y ago(He wasn't "given" power, but the end result is much the same.) "slowly amassed", perhaps?