Joseph Menn on the Cult of the Dead Cow

Dennis Fisher recently spoke with journalist Joseph Menn, author of a new book called Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World, about the group’s far-reaching influence on hacking culture, the tech industry, and the emergence of hacktivism. Joseph Menn: Well, so one thing that was useful to me was the sort of chronological development, and actually this reminds me of my first solo book, which was about Napster. Dennis Fisher: There’s some folks that I think a lot of people in the industry knew were members of cDc but had never really acknowledged it publicly, that you reveal in the book, with their permission, one of whom is currently running for president, Beto O’Rourke.

Source: decipher.sc