Hacker Ethic

The Hacker Ethic by Pekka Himanen (with Linus Torvalds and Manuel Castells)

http://www.hackerethic.org/

Linus' Law: all our motivations can be categorized as... survival, social life, or entertainment. (A slightly different grouping than Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs.)

Plato: "No free person should learn anything like a slave." (Education)

Ed Andrew: Incapacity for Leisure is a "spillover effect" (Side Effect) of externally managed work. (vs true Free Agent)

The 7 habits/virtues of the Personal Development (Self Improvement) (Ben Franklin, BoBos) model, shared also by the not-quite-NewEconomy...

• determinacy, goal orientation

• optimality, focused use of time toward achieving goals

• flexibility

• stability - steady progress

• industry, Hard Work

• money, economy

• result accountability

The 7 values of the Hacker Ethic

• Passion, intrinsically interesting pursuit (Engagement)

• Freedom

• social worth, recognition by peers

• openness, sharing results

• activity, freedom/privacy to pursue one's Passion

• caring

• Creativity