Hacker Culture in the 1800s

Obsessive Hackers are Changing the World’s History

Imagine a geeky type of young person, living in the 1800s, having not that many distractions at hand and no passion for drinking. What would this individual do with the free time? Probably reading, studying, and documenting the insects in his local district, a place where Nature set the rules.

That person is exploring and documenting the rules, which will probably set the pillars for future scientific discoveries and exploits such as the progress of medicine.