Interview questions

I am in Berlin and I get to interview a member of c-base, the first hackerspace. These are questions I may ask him.

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1. c-base is the first hackerspace in the world. Tell me the origin story.

2. What is it about Berlin that made it possible for c-base to happen?

3. What is a hacker?

4. You call this a hackerspace, not a makerspace. Of course, hackerspace was first, but what do you think about this difference?

5. What is your involvement in c-base?

6. What is the hacker community like in Berlin?

7. What are some of the groups that have benefitted from c-base?

8. Tell me about the Pirate Party.

The Pirate Party was a political party in Germany that advocated that it should be legal to copy media

9. What would you want someone who has never heard of c-base to know about it?

10. In your opinion, what is missing from c-base that you wish was there?