I think it feels dated because it’s from a time when there were far fewer hackers. It’s way easier to make sweeping generalizations (“hackers like X and don’t like Y”, “hackers have a Z-ish sense of humor”) about a small group and have it actually be true.
These days it seems weird, even mildly culty, to make definitive and specific statements about “what hackers are like”. There are millions of us all over the world. Many of us barely have a spoken language in common, let alone share a sense of humor or cultural values.
These days it seems weird, even mildly culty, to make definitive and specific statements about “what hackers are like”. There are millions of us all over the world. Many of us barely have a spoken language in common, let alone share a sense of humor or cultural values.