[hackerspaces] Please explain this to me

[Phil Squid]

Thanks Far. This sound so much better than what is on the website. I want to educate people and get them to join a space. Not scare them away. 

I'm speaking to the states high school industrial arts teachers. I want them to get excited and join a space. Not tell their kids to stay away. 

Protecting the historical facts are important but we need to also consider how we phrase it. I think what Far wrote is a better way to tell the story than the page on the site. 

Phil

On Jul 25, 2013, at 7:48 PM, Far McKon <farmckon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Phil,
> Sorry my fellow hackers are too busy inside-joking at each other.
> 
> Here is my take on things, hopefully it it a good mix of mostly-factual
> and mostly-readable.  Many (70% I'd guess?) of people involved in the
> 2007-ish wave of establishing new Hackerspaces (only 8 to 10 of them) in
> the US came to it though a few venues, and an event 'Hackers on a Plane'
> to visit CCC in germany.   Those venues (and CCC)  have ties to
> libertarianism, older school hippies, and human empowerment. For example:
> 
> - 2600 Magazine
> - Open Source movement
>  - DefCon
> - Euro (esp, German CCC) Hackerspace Scene.
> - Misc. university related DIY clubs.
> 
> 
> While there have been DIY clubs across the us with many focuses,
> including engineering, the thread of calling themselves 'hackerspace'
> (a) and being proactive in inviting the outside world (b), being a
> nonprofit (c) and trying to pay for things by membership (d) tend to all
> come through that group of people, and propagated as symbiotic memes.
> 
> The Open Source, 2600, or the Euro. all have roots that go back to the
> 1970's, and into the counter culture.  Many of the ideals of technology
> empowering the masses (not just companies), of 'anyone can be an expert'
> , and of 'share because you can, not because you must'  originated in
> that area, and carried through to form the a,b,c,d type of memes above. 
> 
> So in short, the roots of the roots of the hackerspace scene were mostly
> hippies.  If you look at the 'Whole/Organic' Foods movement, CSA have
> similar roots-of-roots were hippies' thread.
> 
> I would suggest reading "Barefoot into Cyperspace" for an even better
> overview of things.
> 
> Now back to your regular self-referential inside jokes, starrrring the
> faaaaaaameous  *** Things Noisebrige Seinfeld Says*** !!!!1111eleventy
> 
> 
> hack on;
> - Far McKon
> 
> 
> On 7/23/13 6:34 PM, Phil Broussard wrote:
>> I'm not trying to start an argument or insult anyone. I'm honestly
>> having a very difficult time connecting the dots.
>> 
>> Phil
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