James Smith

On my old blog, I used to write about more political subjects; war, ID cards, etc. This one has, to date, been mostly all about technical subjects - most of my political comment goes on Twitter instead. However, after a conversation recently with my colleague James H, there are some questions I'd like to present and invite comment on. They aren't about particular issues or party politics, but instead about something I feel is above that. The question is:

Is there a unifying philosophy within the community I work in (a certain subset of the "geek" community), and if so, what are its core tenets?

I'm sure this has been written about many times before, but I want to clarify it in my own head (rather than simply reading what others have written), and invite help from whoever may read this.