Gideon Strauss has written what seems to be the theological and philosophical basis for being a hacker:

I really like the notion that most of us are vocational experts in a limited number of areas of life, and at the same time responsible for being thoughtful amateurs in several more areas of life.

That’s the whole idea behind being a hacker — choosing to meddle in everything and anything to learn how it works. The more we know about the world around us, the better off we are.

Posted on 13 October 2004