This is the distinction between working and hacking: working is what one does while achieving adult-level goals; hacking is what one does while either not goal-

This is the distinction between working and hacking: working is what one does while achieving adult-level goals; hacking is what one does while either not goal-directed at all, or while pursuing anti-adult-level goals. > Your tiercel’s too long at hack, Sir. He’s no eyass but a passage-hawk that footed ere we caught him, Dangerously free o’ the air. —JRK