The More Things Change The More They Don't: Soft Destruction and the Ancient Wisdom of Hacking

Presented at DEF CON 6 (1998), Aug. 1, 1998, 10 a.m. (50 minutes)

What works? What does it take to be an expert? To know how to see desirable goal states just before they become visible? Instead of hoping the doors you blow open have something inside besides a smiling Fed? DefCon has everything you need, right here right now, if you know how to use it. The ancient wisdom lives here but you have to know what it looks like. Hacking is the serious exploration of complex systems. It's not about using somebody else's tools or the latest equipment. Hacking is about knowing how to know how to hack. This talk gives you meta-rules, not rules. It's the truth about why the ancient wisdom of real hacking still applies.

Presenters:

• Richard Thieme / neuralcowboy - Thiemeworks, Inc.   as Richard Thieme
  Richard Thieme is a business consultant, writer, and professional speaker focused on the human dimension of technology and the work place. His creative use of the Internet to reach global markets has earned accolades around the world. "Thieme knows whereof he speaks," wrote the Honolulu Advertiser. He is "a prominent American techno-philosopher" according to LAN Magazine (Australia), "a keen observer of hacker attitudes and behaviors" according to Le Monde (Paris), "one of the most creative minds of the digital generation" according to the editors of Digital Delirium, and "an online pundit of hacker culture" according to the L A Times. Thieme's articles are published around the world and translated into German, Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian. His weekly column, "Islands in the Clickstream," is published by the Business Times of Singapore, Convergence (Toronto), and South Africa Computer Magazine as well as distributed to subscribers in 52 countries. Recent clients include: Arthur Andersen; Strong Capital Management; System Planning Corporation; UOP; Wisconsin Power and Light; Firstar Bank; Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.; W. H. Brady Company; Allstate Insurance; Intelligent Marketing; and the FBI.

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