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Disobedience. http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html "Those in authority tend to be annoyed by hackers' general attitude of dis
by emiliobumachar 6y ago
Disobedience.
http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html
"Those in authority tend to be annoyed by hackers' general attitude of disobedience. But that disobedience is a byproduct of the qualities that make them good programmers. They may laugh at the CEO when he talks in generic corporate newspeech, but they also laugh at someone who tells them a certain problem can't be solved. Suppress one, and you suppress the other."
- mywittyname 6y agoThis is more of a young person thing, and only for specific personality types. And America is much less forgiving of disobedience today than it was, even just 20 years ago. Unless you come from a privileged group, run-ins with the authorities are not pleasant.
- fakedang 6y agoMaybe that's why you see China catching up - because America is falling back and suppressing disobedience.
- mac01021 6y ago> America is much less forgiving of disobedience today than it was, even just 20 years ago. Do you have any examples of this? I've always been american, but I was only 15 years old 20 years ago.