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| 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 | 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 | ||
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| + | 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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