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a young hacker might proactively seek the company of more human beings. I'm puzzled here. I'm sure it's just an unfortunate turn of phrase, but you seem to sug
by ovi256 18y ago
a young hacker might proactively seek the company of more human beings.
I'm puzzled here. I'm sure it's just an unfortunate turn of phrase, but you seem to suggest that the others are more human than the young hacker. Lovely.
- moe 18y agoInteresting play on the definition of "human" indeed. As a hacker myself I find that an interesting train of thought. If you go by the popular definition for "human" that distinguishes us from the other mammals by defining us as "social beings" then that statement isn't even so far offbase. The process of [computer] hacking is often inherently unsocial after all. Yes, we do spend hours on end in front of a screen, often without or with only very little social interaction taking place. So, technically, by that definition, our profession makes us less human than, say, a callcenter agent who talks to other humans all day. Well, okay I admit that argument falls apart pretty quickly. But interesting train of thought nonetheless...
- tokenadult 18y agoYou wouldn't have interpreted the sentence that way had I written, "a young hacker might proactively seek the company of more people," which was responsive to the main point of the article however I chose my vocabulary.