Steven Levy was born on 1951 and is an American journalist and Editor at Large for Wired who has written extensively for publications on computers, technology, cryptography, the internet, cybersecurity, and privacy.
12 Facts About Steven Levy
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Steven Levy is the author of the 1984 book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, which chronicles the early days of the computer underground.
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In 1978, Steven Levy rediscovered Albert Einstein's brain in the office of the pathologist who removed and preserved it.
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Steven Levy described a "hacker ethic", which became a guideline to understanding how computers have advanced into the machines that we know and use today.
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Steven Levy identified this hacker ethic to consist of key points such as that all information is free, and that this information should be used to "change life for the better".
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Steven Levy was a contributor to Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Software Catalog, first published in 1984.
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Steven Levy won the "Computer Press Association Award" for a report he co-wrote in 1998 on the Year 2000 problem.
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Steven Levy was previously chief technology writer and a senior editor for Newsweek.
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Steven Levy has had articles published in Harper's, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Premiere, and Rolling Stone.
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In December 1986, Steven Levy founded the Macworld Game Hall of Fame, which Macworld published annually until 2009.
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Steven Levy is regarded as a prominent and respected critic of Apple Inc In July 2004, Levy wrote a cover story for Newsweek which unveiled the 4th generation of the iPod to the world before Apple had officially done so.
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Steven Levy received his bachelor's degree from Temple University and earned a master's degree in literature from Pennsylvania State University.