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Podcast: DEF CON 22 [Materials] Speeches from the Hacker Convention.
Episode: Keren Elazari - Empowering Hackers to Create a Positive Impact
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Empowering Hackers to Create a Positive Impact
Keren Elazari
In March 2014 I spoke at the annual TED conference about why hackers are a vital part of the information age. I claimed that the world actually needs hackers, and that they play an important social, political and technology role. At first I thought I will encounter objection, but I found out I was preaching to the choir. Surprisingly, many of the smart, powerful, rich people at TED thought hackers were just great...