Ethan Zuckerman Blogs CK’s Berkman Center Talk

One of my favorite bloggers, Ethan Zuckerman, has a nice write-up of a book talk our own Chris Kelty gave over at the Berkman Center:

Framing the talk, he asks, “Why do geeks look alike?” We do, as it turns out – he offers two photos, of geek legends Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, who could have used each other’s driver’s licenses. He offers this as a special case of the idea that geeks seem to be able to find each other across national, language and cultural barriers. And he observes that a fascination with free software seems to link together geeks of all cultures.

Read the whole thing. Read CKelty’s post announcing his book.

P. Kerim Friedman is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures at National Dong Hwa University, in Taiwan, where he teaches linguistic and visual anthropology. He is co-director of the film Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!, winner of the 2011 Jean Rouch Award from the Society of Visual Anthropology. Follow Kerim on Twitter.