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If you consider that the basic meaning of Anarchism is "no hierarchies!" and compare that in a not-too-strict sense to core principles of the hacker and maker c
by jsilence 12y ago
If you consider that the basic meaning of Anarchism is "no hierarchies!" and compare that in a not-too-strict sense to core principles of the hacker and maker community, it becomes clear that a hacker culture and anarcism are not too far apart.
High emphasis on collaboration, egalitarian mindset and a "respect stems from knowledge" attitude come to my mind.
But still most of the hackers I know don't want to be associated to anarchy, even though they act like anarchists. I think the reason is that their acting like anarchists simply is appropropiate for what they are trying to achieve and not a political act or message by itself.
- jacknews 12y agoAbsolutely. Anarchism in the popular imagination means wearing funny headgear and throwing bombs, but the real meaning is as you say, "anti hierarchy", or perhaps more accurately, "anti hierarchy-that-can't-justify-itself", since I guess some forms of hierarchy are necessary and mutually beneficial" Anyway, in the spirit of totally ignoring Raymond's pedantic and arbitrary missives, we (a hackerspace, somewhere) have produced our own variation, which is still part of the "game of life" glider sequence, but looks much better, looks sort of like an 'h' for hacker, or someone sitting typing, or a group of people (of different shades!) listening to a presenter, etc, etc, etc: http://i.imgur.com/ba7o9i0.png http://i.imgur.com/ba7o9i0.png