Explains how the fundamental principles of the hacker--in the original meaning of the word--have transformed the Internet Age by promoting the power of free and open information, rejecting rigid time divisions, and promolgated a new social model organized around the spirit of play and the economy of free exchange. 35,000 first printing.

The author of Cybercrime: Law Enforcement, Security, and Surveillance in the Information Age serves up a challenging new study of 'hacker' subculture, revealing its role in shaping the Internet and the values of the new 'digital age.'

Product Description: Examining the layers of meaning encoded in code and the rhetoric surrounding it, this book offers a much-needed perspective on the intersections among software, morality, and politics. In software development culture, evangelism typically denotes a rhetorical practice that aims to convert software developers, as well as non-technical lay users, from one platform to another (e...read more