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Pekka Himanen

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Pekka Himanen defines himself as a philosopher and a public intellectual. He studied philosophy (and computer science as a minor) at the University of Helsinki. In 1994, with his thesis on the philosophy of religion, The challenge of Bertrand Russell, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the same university, thus becoming the youngest Ph.D. in Finland.

He has done research work in Finland (University of Helsinki), the United Kingdom, and the United States (Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley) and has done field work in India, China and Japan. At UC Berkeley, Himanen directed the Berkeley Center for the Information Society, a research group under Berkeley's International Computer Science Institute. The Center was activ ...more

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	The Hacker Ethic: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business by Pekka Himanen, Linus Torvalds (Contributor), Manuel Castells (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 1999 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model by Manuel Castells, Pekka Himanen 3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kukoistuksen käsikirjoitus 2.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Himeros 2.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reconceptualizing Development in the Global Information Age by Manuel Castells (editor), Pekka Himanen (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hautomo. Verkkojen filosofia 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bertrand Russellin haaste: Russellilainen uskontokritiikki esimerkkinä aikalaiskriittisestä filosofiasta 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Filosofian oikeudenkäynti it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La societat de la informació i l'estat del benestar: El model finland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“One might say that there is an "ethics barrier " a speed above which ethics can no longer exit. After that point the only remaining goal is to survive the immediate moment.”
― Pekka Himanen, The Hacker Ethic: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business

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“This primary question of life organization is immensely important. If making money is the main goal, a person can often forget what his or her true interests are or how he or she wants to deserve recognition from others. It is much more difficult to add on other values to a life that started out with just making money in mind than it is to make some personally interesting endeavor financially possible or even profitable.”
― Pekka Himanen, The Hacker Ethic: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business

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“One might say that Christianity’s original answer to the question “What is the purpose of life?” was: the purpose of life is Sunday.”
― Pekka Himanen, The Hacker Ethic: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business

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