In the current era of AI, and due to its unreasonable popularity, students willing to pursue hacking are often unable to participate in novel research and heavily depend on LLMs, breaking and preventing that one skill hacking requires: thinking. We aim to foster an environment for students to understand the history behind hacking and how it came to be, while developing their unique way of thinking. We must understand that to simply prompt your way through challenges is catastrophic to the mind and how it affects one's cognitive abilities while in the process of learning.

To begin with, we must learn to use operating systems, a way of communicating with computers that paves a path to not just mastery but the ability to understand how systems work from within. This grants us the ability to express ourselves creatively and refine our thinking abilities and improve our overall cognition, not limited to just systems. In hacking, intuition plays a major role, and we believe that with enough practice an individual will not only understand systems but also tinker with them to play by their own methodology.

Additionally, in learning the vast social and cultural history of the field, we understand the ever-evolving context of what we create. Such an understanding enriches our approach to the subject, as well as guides us to observe how computers interact with and shape our lives on a daily basis. Through this course, learners will explore the technicalities of hacking in depth, and engage creatively. For the learner, even if they may not pursue hacking professionally, the process of learning it provides an opportunity to understand and perceive the technological world they live in.