[Noisebridge-discuss] Hacker Dojo up and running, and in the mainstream news -- grand opening next week

[Mitch Altman]

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:03:28 -0700
From: pnaomi at gmail.com
To: jason.dusek at gmail.com
CC: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Hacker Dojo up and running, and in the mainstream news -- grand opening next week






> This is especially funny because their lawyer specifically
> called me for advice about setting up a hacklab!
>
> Oh well! People have forgotten about the rich history New Hack
> City, the L0pht and of course all of Crowley's old haunts...

 This sort of false novelty is endemic in computing. It would
 be nice if people were called out on not giving credit where
 credit is due; attribution should be a stronger habit in
 computing.






"False novelty" (as you've just named and defined it) is endemic to culture itself, and there are indisputably Too Many Things in the world to keep track of, especially when derivative ideas (such as The Matrix) can often be more popular and far-reaching in mass consciousness than the ideas from which they sprang.


It's hard for me to attribute any real malice or ignorance of a shameful variety to the failure to give shout-outs to one's idea's intellectual precedents.


It's like asking everyone in the world to know the lineage of every one of the ideas they choose to take to market, and that's not how ideas or human brains work.
 
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Yeah, I'm sure that they were caught up in the excitement of being interviewed about their cool new space.  Also, having dealt with a few media experiences, myself, I know that quotes are chosen for the story the journalist may want to write (often ignoring lots of other material, which may include shout-outs), and they (journalists and editors) often cut stories (and quotes) down to size.  Personally, I'm way happy for Hacker Dojo!  The Bay Area can use even more hackerspaces!
 
 
Mitch.
 
 
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