What do you think of that in the context of the so called [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic , then? Wh

What do you think of that in the context of the so called [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic , then? Which enables aimlessly 'toying' around with (already existing) things, discovering new (sometimes unforeseen) applications. In opposotion to [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic where everything has to be 'goal oriented' from the start, guided by expected [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_on_investment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_on_investment and [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_market While I (sometimes) can see the value of 2, 3 and 4 a world without 1 is very boring and drab.