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 Ross argues that hacking should be seen as a countercultural response to increasingly centralized digital power. What stood out was his emphasis on technoliteracy—understanding how technology works as a way to maintain autonomy. His comparison between virus panic and the AIDS crisis shows how fear shaped early reactions to computers. Overall, he highlights hacking as both resistance and a critique of the growing dependence and distrust surrounding digital technology. - Todd Holman
-Ross’ comparison between computer viruses and AIDS was very intriguing and was something I would have never considered had I not read this chapter. Given the moral panics Ross describes that came from Robert Morris’ attack, I actually think this comparison makes a lot of sense and it’s interesting to compare the two groups of “social menaces” (teenage counterculture hackers and queer people). - Noah Rutkowski
+Ross’ comparison between computer viruses and AIDS was very intriguing and was something I would have never considered had I not read this chapter. Given the moral panics Ross describes that came from Robert Morris’ attack, I actually think this comparison makes a lot of sense and it’s interesting to compare the two groups of “social menaces” (teenage counterculture hackers and queer people) as both were seen as threats to typical government order. - Noah Rutkowski
+This section highlights how early hacker communities blended technical experimentation with countercultural ideals, challenging corporate and institutional control over technology. His analysis shows how these early values, openness, creativity, and resistance to authority, both fueled innovation and foreshadowed later tensions around digital labor, ownership, and surveillance. It's a useful reminder of how cultural ideals shape the technologies we build and the systems they ultimately support. ---Caitlyn Edwards
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 The report makes clear how rapidly e-waste is growing and how uneven our ability to manage it is. Wealthier countries create far more waste, but even poorer regions contribute to a global problem driven by overconsumption, short product lifespans, and limited repair or recycling options. What stands out is the mismatch between the huge amount of valuable materials being discarded and the lack of systems to safely recover them. Overall, the report shows that without stronger recycling infrastructure and better product design, the environmental and human costs of our technology will keep rising. - Todd Holman
+This report was very eye-opening, since, while I was somewhat aware of e-waste, it isn’t a main form of pollution that people usually discuss and I wasn’t fully knowledgeable about just how much of it there is. The most jarring part of the article for me was probably the statistic that in just 12 years between 2010 and 2022, the amount of e-waste increased by over 80%. - Noah Rutkowski