I have probably learned more about technology in my years attending DEF CON than from any other source other than reading and writing books. But DEF CON expanded my outlook on the technology industry and made me think of how others might consider various innovations, and sometimes how they might break them. DEF CON also gives insight into the hacker culture that I might not have gotten otherwise. Not the hacker culture many think of, but the desire to just straight up tinkerate with everything.