An interesting post, even if it was your own (although you might be better off omitting the "--agree?" in the future) I'm not sure that it's true that "young p

An interesting post, even if it was your own (although you might be better off omitting the "--agree?" in the future) I'm not sure that it's true that "young people are prone to alter or repurpose software and devices to their liking" in any majority, now or ever. There are always a lot of hackers, but they've never seemed to me to be a significant percentage of their age group. Bricolage is VERY interesting, especially when compared to traditional 'engineering'. Here's an excerpt [1] from Claude Lévi-Strauss (the term's originator): "The 'bricoleur' is adept at performing a large number of diverse tasks; but, unlike the engineer, he does not subordinate each of them to the availability of raw materials and tools conceived and procured for the purpose of the project. His universe of instruments is closed and the rules of his game are always to make do with 'whatever is at hand'" [1] full text at http://varenne.tc.columbia.edu/bib/info/levstcld066savamind.html http://varenne.tc.columbia.edu/bib/info/levstcld066savamind....