Abstraction-05.

All abstractions are abstractions of nature. To
abstract is to express the virtuality of nature, to
make known some instance of its manifold
possibilities, to actualise a relation out of
infinite relationality. Abstractions release the
potential of physical matter. And yet abstraction
relies on something that has an independent
existence to physical matter -- information.
Information is no less real than physical matter,
and is dependent on it for its existence. Since
information cannot exist in a pure, immaterial
form, neither can the hacker class. Of necessity it
must deal with a ruling class that owns the material
means of extracting or distributing information, or
with a producing class that extracts and
distributes. The class interest of hackers lies in
freeing information from its material constraints.

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