Comment by lioeters

> Retaking tech, by fully understanding and helping to culturally redefine computing is both the duty and prerogative of any real hackers left out there.

A powerful statement right there. As someone who grew up with computers from before the web, I feel that "cyberspace" has been colonized by business and political interests. It was supposed to be "our" space, I mean, by the people and for the people. Right now it's more useful as a tool for the dark empire.

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace - https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence

I agree that the problem and the solution is cultural. It's about having fun, being weird and creative with how we use technology, to reclaim the magic and make it ours. Things like Tor, uBlock Origin, and dare I say some of the cryptocurrency and blockchain stuff, they feel like part of a larger decentralized underground-ish movement that has no name (and probably should remain so).