Richard Thieme

Richard Thieme (born 1944), is a noted business consultant, author, media commentator and speaker.

Biography

Richard Thieme was born in Chicago. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1965 with a B.A. in English literature. He later earned a M.A. in English at the University of Chicago, where he studied with noted Joycean scholar Richard Ellmann. Thieme spent two years in England, then returned to Chicago to attend Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he earned his Masters of Divinity degree and became an Episcopal priest.

Thieme was a priest for 16 years, during which he became acquainted with computers. He began writing about technology and culture, including the spiritual dimension of technology. In 1993, he began a new career of consulting, writing and speaking. He has spoken often at the Def Con and Blackhat Briefings security conferences, where he would introduce himself by pointing out that his experiences as a priest made him "more than qualified to talk about social engineering".

Notable speaking engagements

* "The Symbiotic Relationship Between Networked Computers and Humans -- A Dialectic Constituting a Rising Spiral of Mutual Transformation." Def Con July 26-28, 1996
* Keynote speaker, Black Hat Briefings, July 9-10, 1997
* "Convergence -- Every Man (and Woman) a Spy." Black Hat Briefings July 29-30, 1998
* "The More Things Change The More They Don't: Soft Destruction and the Ancient Wisdom of Hacking" Def Con July 31-August 2, 1998
* "Hacking a Trans-Planetary Net: The Essence of Hacking in a Context of Pan-global Culture, the Wetware / dryware Interface, and Going to Europa." Def Con July 13-15, 2001
* "The Truth About Life, Hacking and the Truth (about Life, Hacking and the Truth) ((about Life, Hacking and...))" Rubi-Con April 5-7, 2002
* "Hacker Generations: From Building the Network to Using the Network to Being the Network" Def Con August 1-3, 2003
* "Hacker Generations: From Network Warfare to Perception Warfare" Hivercon November 6-7, 2003
* "Quantum Hacking: In Search of a Unified Theory" Def Con July 30-August 1, 2004
* "Zen and The Relevance of Perception to Cyber Security, or, When is a Network Not a Network?" Shmoocon February 4-6, 2005
* "Living on the Edge: The Sources of Creativity for Security Wizards and Hackers" Notacon April 8-10, 2005
* Keynote AusCERT, May 22-26, 2005
* "Social Engineering at Def Con: Games Hackers Play" Def Con July 28-30, 2000

Bibliography

* "Islands in the Clickstream" (2004) ISBN 1-931836-22-1

Articles

* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.07/thieme.if.html In Search of the Grail] Wired Magazine, issue 3.07, July, 1995
* [http://www.c4i.org/zenhack.html Zen and the Art of Hacking] Internet Underground, 1997
* [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/17/09/News/tech.html Bladerunner future view] Everything Toronto NOW, 1997
* [http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1997/jan/last.html Dreams Engineers Have] CMC Magazine, January, 1997
* [http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/10/27feature.html Prime Time for Hackers is Over] Salon.com, October 17th, 1998
* [http://enculturation.gmu.edu/3_1/thieme/ Review of the Kevin Kelly's "Out of Control" ] Enculturation 3.1, Spring 2000
* [http://www.counterpunch.org/thieme08222003.html Operation Paperclip Revisited: Moral Schmoral] Counterpunch, August 22nd, 2003
* [http://thewitness.org/agw/thieme032604.html Coming of Age] A Global Witness, March 26th, 2004
* [http://thewitness.org/agw/thieme061104.html In the Crazy Place] A Global Witness, June 11th, 2004
* [http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2005a/021105/021105a.php The Face we See in the Digital Mirror: How Technology is Changing Religion] National Catholic Reporter, February 11th, 2005

External links

* [http://www.thiemeworks.com/ www.thiemeworks.com Richard Thieme's Official Website]
* [http://christianity.about.com/library/weekly/aa092997.htm Personal Profile: Richard Thieme's Techno Spirituality]

Interviews

* [http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/Do-aliens-and-God-affect-your-security-budget-/0,139033343,339278200,00.htm ZDNet Australia] Video interview at AusCERT 2007
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7934 Linux Journal] Interview with Mick Bauer, December 12th, 2004
* [http://infosecuritymag.techtarget.com/articles/june00/features5.shtml Information Security Magazine] Interview with Bruce Schneier conducted by Richard Thieme