The internet is, just like analog realms, a predatorial multiverse, just without women and children. Women don't exist and children are FBI agents, of course. I may not be a moral fag (bitch, if you like), I do use a single, simple warrior rule:
Do unto others as you choose to do because you're going to do it anyway. However, choose to do that which will bring about the greatest mutual benefit and welfare for all concerned.
From The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth: My Story of Unlearning:
The Jargon File shows how "geek" evolved from an insult into a term of endearment used by these "losers" and "nerds." Over time, this common ground provided the setting for the creation of a new culture. With each year, geek culture becomes more visible, more defined, and more influential.
Geek culture was formed in critical opposition to mainstream social culture and is defined through rapidly expanding and evolving technologies. Today's geeks are no longer forced onto the fringe of mainstream culture but have developed a critical perspective and stay on the fringe by choice. A self-actualized geek culture is, by definition, an act of critique and protest.
Geek culture has grown into a deep-rooted critical mentality and willingness to challenge, confront, and build alternatives to deep-rooted social, educational, political and economic institutions.
Also important to geek culture is an obsession with skill, creativity, and an infatuation with new technology. In this way, geek culture couples a critical nature with the tools and the mentality needed to execute real change.
Geek culture is complex. It is enigmatic. It is powerful.
VERY POWERFUL
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