[hackerspaces] "Survey finds more in U.S. avoid hands-on projects or repairs"

[jaromil]

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re all

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:20:13PM -0800, Hank The Curmudgeon wrote:
> The original article that was the inspiration for the book "Shop Class
> As Soulcraft":
> 
> http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/shop-class-as-soulcraft

ahah! thanks for the link, vry nice article.

i'm sure people here knows MacGyver? :)

however,  referring to  another recent  thread here,  but less  from a
legalese perspective: that's exactly  the phun and profit in squatting
an hackerspace!

hackers  are good  at making  task forces,  investigate and  take over
abandoned properties - waking up some criticism on capitalism is right
on time today and helps getting rid of guilt if you still have some...

so when  you break  into an abandoned  place (lock phun  anyone?)  you
break in  it physically, but also socially,  politically: present your
project to the neighbourhood, very  important, if they like you, every
other  cohercion will  find it  hard to  kick you  out  (however don't
forget the sturdy barricades eh)

then live inside it - occupy it, defend it, fix it, make it livable...
an incredible, learning experience!   the best way to empower everyone
with some self-determination, share  knowledge on how things are made,
rather than acquire a ready-made space .. hacking from ground up.

look  into scrap  for  materials,  don't buy  anything,  make it  zero
budget, reuse all trash and refuse all consumerism, that's the way you
can turn the straw in gold, yet another hacker's alchemy :)

that's just a quick account on what many peeps on this list could also
tell.  it  all made our skills  in being autonomous better  - and even
our code runs faster: try coding on computers recycled from scrap..

BTW  it's  been  a  while  now,  we talked  about  writing  up  a  new
"Hackerspaces Pattern - the Squatters  Way" and maybe we should really
go for  it, share this  knowledge more systematically, i  guess places
like Detroit  will benefit  from squatting as  much as many  cities in
Europe already do... and beyond!

ciao :)


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