The Hacker Mind
What are the differences between an entrepreneur and a hacker? Are they both trying to solve problems or create one ? Do they share the habit of looking for new ideas and innovation ?
As Pablos Holman puts in his presentation: A hacker looks at things differently and always find new ways to use them. According to Pablos: the hacker has the “discovery” mindset. He emphasises that the entrepreneur can learn a lot from the hacker and how he thinks. His passion of learning new things and opening new windows can/will create many opportunities. He also demonstrates the concept of consequences; by analyzing how a particular technology or a problem can lead to another new idea or concept; its side effects can lead the curious mind to new discoveries. What I have noticed from his speech is: he always looked at things from his own perspective that is “from a security point of view per say. So he, for example viewed TV, mobile phones & portable computers while wearing his “Black Hat” glasses. He wanted to know if these devices can be used or improved in order to make or manipulate them for security reasons. The gist of that is every person or entrepreneur can look at things wearing his/her own personal glasses. You don’t have to view things like Pablos or some one else, every body is unique. So find your strength and your glasses and stick to it.
Pablos is a well known hacker in the technology and computers industry. He has worked on many projects. He gave this speech at the “World Entrepreneurship Day” event. If you remember I talked about that event in a previous post: Entrepreneurship Day. We can always learn new angles and dimensions from other crafts such as hacking. The human mind is so perfect that is capable of doing wonderful things. The sky is the limit or maybe more, who knows. Enjoy the video: Hacking and invention by Pablos Holman
