2) When I was about 13 I had tech heroes. People like ++The Mentor++, because, you know, I was 13 and he sounded like a proper rebel.
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9/ I wrote code yesterday that would've taken 9 months to run on my laptop. I started cloud job this morning; IT WILL BE DONE BY LUNCH.
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8/ We're using number theory and probability theory to create a system of decentralized trust that *COULD* TEAR DOWN OLD POWER STRUCTURES.
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6/ Seriously, take a look at modern tech. 13 yr old me would think it was straight out of a Neal Stephenson book: because, it basically is!
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7/ We're using graphics cards and calculus to build machines that perform at human levels for things WE DON'T WANT TO DO OURSELVES.
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11/ Seriously, modern tech is the stuff of yesteryear's fantasy, made real.
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3) That teenage need for rebellion and a journey definitely motivated my intellectual development.
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4) I now know a lot and can build fantastic things. But, in all the years in between, the heroic aspect got lost.
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5/ It's as if wondering through tech-space made me lose my sense of direction in social space.
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12/ But, the heroes are fucked. The Conscience of a Hacker may drip with selfish-self-righteousness, but at least it was creed-like.
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