Editing Hacker ethic (section)

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In 2001, [[Finland|Finnish]] philosopher [[Pekka Himanen]] promoted the hacker ethic in opposition to the [[Protestant work ethic]]. In Himanen's opinion, the hacker ethic is more closely related to the [[virtue ethics]] found in the writings of [[Plato]] and of [[Aristotle]]. Himanen explained these ideas in a book, ''[[The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age]]'', with a prologue contributed by [[Linus Torvalds]] and an epilogue by [[Manuel Castells]].

In this manifesto, the authors wrote about a hacker ethic centering on passion, hard work, creativity and joy in creating software. Both Himanen and Torvalds were inspired by the [[Sampo]] in [[Finnish mythology]]. The Sampo, described in the [[Kalevala]] saga, was a magical artifact constructed by [[Ilmarinen]], the blacksmith god, that brought good fortune to its holder; nobody knows exactly what it was supposed to be. The Sampo has been interpreted in many ways: a [[Axis mundi|world pillar]] or [[world tree]], a [[compass]] or [[astrolabe]], a chest containing a treasure, a [[Byzantine]] [[coin die]], a decorated [[Vendel]] period shield, a Christian relic, etc. Kalevala saga compiler Lönnrot interpreted it to be a "[[Quern-stone|quern]]" or mill of some sort that made flour, salt, and wealth.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Frog|url=https://oa.finlit.fi/site/books/e/10.21435/sff.20/|title=Mythic Discourses|last2=Siikala|first2=Anna-Leena|last3=Stepanova|first3=Eila|date=2012-12-31|publisher=Finnish Literature Society|isbn=978-952-222-507-8|pages=144|language=en|doi=10.21435/sff.20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tolley|first=Clive|date=1994|title=The Mill in Norse and Finnish Mythology|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48611731|journal=Saga-Book|volume=24|pages=78|jstor=48611731|issn=0305-9219}}</ref>