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 Hack Club is a world wide community of thousands of high school makers. We're organizers, coders, hackers, painters, engineers, musicians, writers, volunteers. We make things. We want others to make things too.
 
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+Why should hackathons exist?
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+Hackathons are a place for people who build things to meet up with others who do the same.
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+The setting is a space to make things because that's a common thread. Many are working on their own projects seperately– that's ok too. The important part is being in a room of people building things while also building things yourself.
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+What are the tennants of philosophy? (summary of hackclub.com/philosophy)
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+- coding is a superpower / consumer -> creator
+- great equalizer
+- build in school b/c school doesn't provide that
+- carpentry without wood
+- community
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+What are the tennants of hackathons? (proposed structure of hackclub.com/hackathons)
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+approach #1:
+- ~~it's what you know and who you know– learning to code is great, but this puts you in touch with all the other builders~~
+- it's said that you're a combination of your 5 closest friends– at a hackathon your 5 closest friends are all constructive
+- *building is better with friends*
+- social barrier to learning
+  - how can so few code when a google search for "learn to code" yields so many results? there's a motivation issue
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+approach #2:
+- democratizes learning– don't wait for knowledge to be handed down, go out and seek it
+- *at a hackathon, you're building towards a positive "shipping something new that you created"*
+    - carrot, not stick
+- *the first step to building something great is "building something"*
+  - 24 hours is probably too short for you to change the world, but is the perfect size for building
+- creates friend groups
+  - so many of our friends are determined by shared setting– same age group, same suburb
+  - *chance to create a friend group tied together not by setting but by interest*
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+approach #2b:
+- building is better with friends
+<!-- - holy craft / for the love of craft -->
+- more friends, more fun
+  - many friend groups spring up around shared setting– growing up in the same town or age group
+  - hackathons are a chance to create a friend group tied together not by setting but by interest– a shared love of craft.
+- don't save the world
+  <!-- - the first step to "doing good" is just "doing" -->
+  - the first step to building something great is "building something"
+  - 24 hours is probably too short for you to change the world, but is a great length for learning a new skill or tool
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+- friends
+  - coding doesn't have to be an isolating experience
+  - realize you aren't alone
+  - make friends based on shared interest instead of shared setting
+- walking away having done something (physical output)
+  - your project
+  - your confidence
+- picked up a random skill through pure necessity
+- creative energy
+  - programming can be an art– just go out and noodle with others playing that jazz
+- gives a future goal
+  - once you go to a hackathon you can go to more
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+quotes / flavor: (just brainstorming– not all of these will fit a section)
+- *oh the places you'll go*
+- oh the people you'll know
+- *mo' friends, mo' fun*
+- let's play a game
+- build for yourself
+- *build for yourself, together*
+- hack, hack, hack
+- a shared interest
+- a shared purpose
+- *the first step to building something great is "building something"*
+- *a world of pure imagination*
+- the adventure continues
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