The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the New Economy: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Nearly a century ago, Max Weber's
The Protestant Ethic and
The Spirit of Capitalism articulated the animating spirit of the industrial age. Now, Pekka Himanen - together with Linus Torvalds and Manuel Castells - articulates how hackers* represent a new, opposing ethos for the information age. Underlying hackers' technical creations - such as the Internet and the personal computer, which have become symbols of our time - are the hacker values that produced them and that challenge us all. These values promote passionate and freely rhythmic work; the belief that individuals can create great things by joining forces in imaginative ways; and the need to maintain our existing ethical ideals, such as privacy and equality, in our new, increasingly technological society.
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.
*In the original meaning of the word, hackers are enthusiastic computer programmers who share their work with others; they are not computer criminals.
Customer Reviews
Fascinating Theory, and the audio book is well read
This book offers some fascinating theories about our society, the evolution of thought and innovation, and some thoughts about where we're heading in the near future.
The audio book is well read because the reader does a great job, creating slightly different voices for the different authors and making a rather academic book entertaining.