International Hackers in Residence Program

Mitch Altman argues schools fail to teach people how to live lives they love and presents hackerspaces — grown from a couple dozen in 2007 to 1,500 — as supportive communities for learning through hacking. He describes launching hackerinresidence.org, an international program matching traveling hackers with host organizations including Tsinghua University and Beijing Makerspace.

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