[Noisebridge-discuss] [drama] My Hair Is On Fire - Current events that are shaping your rights as we speak

[jim]

i accept. and thanks. 


On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 17:52 -0800, Wladyslaw Zbikowski wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:15 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
> >    myself, i'm looking at this as a possible way to hack america.
> 
> Jim, from now on I consider you San Francisco's hacker ambassador to
> the activist community, and bestow upon you:
> 
> What Activists Can Learn from Hackers
> 
> A hack by definition creates an observable result that is something
> cool. Expressing moral indignation is not hacking. Sending links to a
> mailing list is not hacking. Committee meetings are not hacking.
> 
> If you have a problem that is so big, that you have no hope of
> achieving any real, observable result, consider reducing the scope of
> your problem until you find something you can actually do something
> about.
> 
> A hack is self-empowering. A hack does not rely on the approval of 51%
> of the fuckwits in this country for validation.
> 
> If your strategy is to preach at people until they are all convinced
> of your rightness, consider "showing" rather than "telling". Show me
> your fucking code. Show me your fucking better way of life.
> 
> Hacking is fun. If I feel like I *should* care about what you're
> saying but I just don't, that's a shitty fucking hack.
> 
> Happy hacking!
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