[kazcaptain]

i like this take a lot, what I get is hacker = infinitely curious individual

[yetihehe]

Just "infinitely curious individual" is a bookworm. Hacker would also like to tinker with the rules underlying the systems to see how things might break. So bookworm + tinkering + wants to understand complex systems (hackers call it "to grok"). Systems - not only computer systems, also biological, physical and any kind of complex assemblages of rules.

[_xiaz]

I personally prefer "infinitely creative individual", with the non-artsy definition of creative: to create something

[yetihehe]

Still not specific enough and doesn't evoke hackers. I consider myself a hacker but I don't consider myself "infinitely" creative, just creative in technical areas. So maybe technically creative individual? But those are more like Makers.

[squigz]

No matter how you define "hacker", "argues about the definition of 'hacker'" certainly should be included :)

[sureglymop]

That's always been my interpretation of it! I would use the term "insatiably curious" to describe it to people.

[bratwurst3000]

thats a good take . i would add “ a person that wants to understand how thinks work to manipulate them”

[BlueTemplar]

'hacking' is commonly defined as "using tools for something else than their initial purpose".