"The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you
can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to
risk the consequences. " --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas
from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham We are living in the computer
age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer
programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves
hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should
you care? Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning
into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer.
Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon
your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has
more processing power in it than a room-sized mainframe did in
1970. Letters, encyclopedias, newspapers, and even your local store
are being replaced by the Internet. Hackers & Painters: Big
Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham, explains this world
and the motivations of the people who occupy it. In clear,
thoughtful prose that draws on illuminating historical examples,
Graham takes readers on an unflinching exploration into what he
calls "an intellectual Wild West." The ideas discussed in this book
will have a powerful and lasting impact on how we think, how we
work, how we develop technology, and how we live. Topics include
the importance of beauty in software design, how to make wealth,
heresy and free speech, the programming language renaissance, the
open-source movement, digital design, internet startups, and more.
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