Are Hackers Heroes? by Sue Halpern | The New York Review of Books
►http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/sep/27/are-hackers-heroes
In reality, hacking just means building something quickly or testing the boundaries of what can be done. Like most things, it can be used for good or bad, but the vast majority of hackers I’ve met tend to be idealistic people who want to have a positive impact on the world…. Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete. They just have to go fix it—often in the face of people who say it’s impossible or are content with the status quo.