Are hackers too young and too busy bettering their lives?

Re:Are hackers too young and too busy bettering their lives? by middus on Thursday August 13, 2009 @08:18AM (#760571)

"(This is in reference to The Allegory of the Cave by Plato)"

I think that it is pretty weak of him to mention it this way. I get the impression that he says "look at me, I'm so clever".

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Are hackers too young and too busy bettering their lives? by abalashov on Thursday August 13, 2009 @10:31AM (#760835)

I don't think it's intentional. But, I think it would've been more rhetorically graceful to just have alluded to the cave allegory without then saying, "Look, I just referred to the cave allegory!"

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Are hackers too young and too busy bettering their lives? by kineticac on Thursday August 13, 2009 @02:29PM (#761391)

well, didn't want to get into explaining what the heck the cave reference was all about, hoping people who were confused about all of that could get some more insight to the basic ideas.

[ Parent | on HN ]