The Blast Shack, Bruce Sterling's (long) essay on Wikileaks(webstock.org.nz) |
The Blast Shack, Bruce Sterling's (long) essay on Wikileaks(webstock.org.nz) |
Chock full of awful B-grade cliched stereotypes with almost no insight at all.
Differences between this essay and an episode of CSI - CSI knows full well its entire purpose in life is to be mildly entertaining. It never pretends to be a reflection of what real life CSI is like. It's entertainment, nothing more, and it knows it. Unlike the author of this essay, who for some reason thinks he has a deep understanding of "Hacker culture" and the entire saga, and needs about 3000 patronising words to explain his great insights to us.
oh, and if I ever see/hear the word 'cypherpunk' again I think I shall probably vomit.