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The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age is a book released in 2001, and written by Pekka Himanen, with prologue written by Linus Torvalds and the epilogue written by Manuel Castells. [1]
- Pekka Himanen, Manuel Castells, Linus Torvalds
- 2001
Feb 1, 2001 · The Hacker Ethic takes us on a journey through fundamental questions about life in the information age-a trip of constant surprises, after which our time and our lives can be seen from unexpected perspectives.
Jan 26, 2016 · Nearly a century ago, Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism articulated the animating spirit of the industrial age, the Protestant ethic. Now, Pekka Himanen-together with Linus Torvalds and Manuel Castells-articulates how hackers* represent a new, opposing ethos for the information age.
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age* Graeme Kirkpatrick Abstract This paper develops a historical analogy between the pioneers of personal computing, or 'hardware hackers', of the 1970s and the seventeenth-century Protestant sects de scribed in Weber's classic study. The psychological, cultural and sociological affinities
TLDR. Himanen describes a new "ethic" or value system that is supplementing the older "Protestant work ethic" described famously by sociologist Max Weber, and suggests that work in the hacker ethic is full of passion, joy, and entertainment. Expand. gordonconwell.edu.
The Hacker Ethic takes us on a journey through fundamental questions about life in the information age - a trip of constant surprises, after which our time and our lives can be seen from...
The hacker ethic, and the spirit of the information age. by. Himanen, Pekka. Publication date. 2001. Topics. Computer programming, Hackers, Open source software. Publisher. New York : Random House.
