C

capitalism

hacker work ethic and, 54–57

open-source model and, 58–61

Protestant work ethic and, [11n21], 20, 56, 61, 192n21

vs. statism, 172–173

capitalist hackerism, 54–57

Capra, Fritjof, 164

caring, in hacker work ethic, 134–135, 140–141

Cassian, John, 9–10, 117–118

Castells, Manuel, Information Age, 12, 21–22, 24, 30, 122

cathedral and bazaar, 66, [66n10], 66–67, 201–202n10

Censor Dot Gov: The Internet and Press Freedom 2000, 89–90

censorship, 90–91, 93–94

Center for Democracy and Technology, [89n8], 206n8

Cerf, Vinton, [85n1], 183–184, [184n6], 205n1, 212n6

Chernomyrdin, Viktor, 96

Cisco Systems, 55, 168, 177

citizenship, work and, 49–50, [50n9], 199n9

Clark, Jim, 22

Clock of the Long Now, 133–134

clocks, 36, 133–134

closed model, 70

Closing the Iron Cage (Andrew), 109

Cohen, Fred, [viiin4], 189n4

Communications Decency Act (1997), 88

competitiveness, 168

computer games, 186

computer games, hackers and invention of, 186

Computer Lib (Nelson), 188

computer metaphor (humans as computers), 128–129, 131

computer networks, human relationships as (network metaphor), 128, 129

computer viruses, [viiin4], 189n4

concurrent-versioning systems, 79

consumption, 44

cookies, 99

copyleft, 47

Covey, Stephen, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, 112

crackers, [viin4], 13, 96, 189n4

creativity in

Genesis myth, 152

hacker work ethic, 141–142, 149, 151–152

information economy, 38–39

network society, 169

pre-Protestant work ethic, 142, 150

Protestant work ethic, 142, 144

Crick, Francis, 176

Curuvija, Slavko, 93

cybercrud, 188

cyberspace, 86

Cypherpunks, 104, 105

D

Dante, Divine Comedy, 15–16

Defoe, Daniel, Robinson Crusoe, 17, [17n31], 194n31

Dell Computer, 168, 177

Denning, Dorothy E., Activism, Hacktivism and Cyberterrorism, 96

deregulation, 173

DES Cracker, 88

desequencing of time, 30, 32

Digital Freedom Network, [89n8], 206n8

distributed processing in

genetic engineering, 165

informationalism, 163

Divine Comedy (Dante), 15–16

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), 172, 176

Dorotheus of Gaza, 115, 120

duty, in Protestant work ethic, 8–9

E

e-mail, 184

Earnest, Les, 38

economic networks, 111, 122

economy, in theology, 118

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 86, 87, 88, [89n8], 91, 206n8

Electronic Privacy Information Center, [89n8], 206n8

elites, 32

encryption technologies, hackers and, 87, 88–89, 103–104

End of Work (Rifkin), 12, 108

Engelbart, Douglas, [185n8], 213n8

Eno, Brian, 133

entertainment

to hackers, xvii

in Linus's Law, xv, 6, 47

passion and, 6, 47

enthusiasm, in hacker work ethic, 4

environmentalism, 173

Epictetus, 192n19

ethics, in network society, 129–132

Evargrius Ponticus, 114, [114n5], 209n5

F

fairness, 131

Felsenstein, Lee, [188n14], 216n14

feminism, 173

Flannery, Sarah, 4, 5

flexibility

in network enterprises, 125

in personal development (PD), 115–116

of time, 30, 32

flexworkers, 24

Franklin, Benjamin, 20, [20n1], 36, 113, 114–115, 116, 118, 119–120, 196n1

free software, vs. open-source model, 59, [59n21], 200n21

freedom, in hacker work ethic, 40, 140

freedom of speech

hackers and, 89

the Net and, 90, 96–98

organizations involved in, [89n8], 206n8

Friday (allegory of working life). See working life (Friday)

G

Gabriel, Peter, 95, 133

Gardiner, Eileen, Visions of Heaven and Hell Before Dante, [14n25], 193n25

Gates, Bill, 56–57

Genesis myth

creativity in, 152

hacker work ethic version, 150–153

pre-Protestant work ethic version, 149–150

Protestant work ethic version, 142–149

genetic engineering

distributed processing in, 165

information processing capacity in, 164

in informationalism, 159

microelectronics and, 163–164

recombination of information in, 164–165

Gibson, William, 86

Gilmore, John, 87, 88, 104

Global Internet Liberty Campaign, 89, [89n8], 206n8

globalization, 173

GNU project, 182, [182n2], 211n2

goal orientation (determinacy) in

network enterprises, 125–126

personal development (PD), 113–114, 121

Gopher, [185n8], 213n8

Gospel According to Tux, 179–180, 179–182

Gregory I, the Great, [14n23], 193n23