What We Supposedly Learned About Technology From 1995′s Hackers

Here at Wired, we talk a lot about the evolving relationship between technology and culture. In order to help our readers keep up with the fast-paced changes of our increasingly digital world, we’ve decided to analyze the valuable lessons about technology contained within the most educational material that we as a society have ever produced: Hollywood films. Today’s subject: 1995′s Hackers, a classic story of intense coding, romance, and the all-consuming importance of the payphone.