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Hackers/slackers

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The image of dangerous and highly motivated hackers does not appear to tally with the notion of Generation X as a cohort of deactivated slackers.

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Calcutt, A. (1999). Hackers/slackers. In: White Noise. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230373686_8

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