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}}'''Richard Thieme''' (born 1944), is a former priest who became a commentator on technology and culture, founding the consulting firm ThiemeWorks. He is a frequent keynote speaker at government agencies and technology conferences around the world, routinely drawing large audiences, and is described as an "institution" and "father figure" in the hacker convention circuit.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7934|work=Linux Journal|title= Interview with Richard Thieme|date=December 27, 2004|accessdate=December 11, 2013|author=Bauer, Mick}}</ref><ref name=stakes>{{cite news|title=Stakes are higher for hackers in post-Sept. 11 world|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2002-08-12-hacker-world_x.htm|author=Reuters|work=[[USA Today]]|date=August 12, 2000|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref> He is the author of the syndicated column "Islands in the Clickstream", which was published in 60 countries and in 2004 was turned into a book of the same name. In 2010 he published a book of short stories, ''Mind Games'', and in 2012 he contributed to the peer-reviewed academic work, ''UFOs and Government, a Historical Inquiry''. He has written for multiple publications including ''Wired'', ''Forbes'', and Salon.com.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|date=May 26, 1997|title=Computer-savvy ex-priest melds technical, spiritual|author=Hawkins, Lee Jr.|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970526&id=mjEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Jy4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3469,4675044}}</ref> Andrew Briney, editor-in-chief of ''Information Security'' magazine, describes Thieme as "a living symbol of the human dimension of technology".<ref>{{cite book|author=Briney, Andrew|chapter=Foreword|title=Islands in the Clickstream|date=2004|page=xx}}</ref>
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'''Richard Thieme''' is a former priest who became a commentator on technology and culture, founding the consulting firm ThiemeWorks. He is a frequent keynote speaker at government agencies and technology conferences around the world, routinely drawing large audiences, and is described as an "institution" and "father figure" in the hacker convention circuit.<ref>http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7934</ref><ref name=stakes>http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2002-08-12-hacker-world_x.htm</ref> He is the author of the syndicated column "Islands in the Clickstream", which was published in 60 countries and in [[2004]] was turned into a book of the same name. In [[2010]] he published a book of short stories, ''Mind Games'', and in 2012 he contributed to the peer-reviewed academic work, ''UFOs and Government, a Historical Inquiry''. He has written for multiple publications including ''Wired'', ''Forbes'', and [[Salon.com]].<ref>[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] May 26, 1997, [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970526&id=mjEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Jy4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3469,4675044 Computer-savvy ex-priest melds technical, spiritual], Hawkins, Lee Jr</ref> Andrew Briney, editor-in-chief of ''Information Security'' magazine, describes Thieme as "a living symbol of the human dimension of technology".<ref>Briney, Andrew, Islands in the Clickstream, 2004, Foreword</ref>
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
  
 
===Early life and academic career===
 
===Early life and academic career===
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Thieme was born in Chicago, with one of his parents Christian and one Jewish, and one older brother, Art.<ref name=techno/><ref name=islands-ix>''Islands'', p. ix</ref> Raised Jewish, Thieme was confirmed as a young man in a Reform synagogue,<ref name=rector>{{cite news|title=St. Paul's new rector feels at home in city|date=August 29, 1987|work=Milwaukee Sentinel|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19870829&id=b4lQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4699,8332998|accessdate=December 15, 2013|author=Murphy, Mary Beth}}</ref> and attended Lake View High School, graduating in 1961. As a teenager he began writing science fiction, with his first story, "Pleasant Journey", published by Joseph Campbell in ''Analog'' science fiction magazine in 1963, when Thieme was 19.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1031559|title=Bibliography: Pleasant Journey|publisher=isfdb.org|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref> Thieme studied English literature at [[Northwestern University]],<ref name=techno/> graduating [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and receiving his B.A. in 1965, and also marrying and starting a family.<ref name=mjs/> In 1967, he earned an M.A. in English at the University of Chicago. For the next five years he taught literature at the University of Illinois - Chicago Circle campus, after which he moved to England for two years. There, at age 30, he converted to the Anglican church.<ref name=rector/>  
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Thieme was born in Chicago, with one of his parents Christian and one Jewish, and one older brother, Art.<ref name=techno/><ref name=islands-ix>''Islands'', p. ix</ref> Raised Jewish, Thieme was confirmed as a young man in a Reform synagogue,<ref name=rector>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19870829&id=b4lQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4699,8332998 St. Paul's new rector feels at home in city], August 29, 1987, Mary Beth Murphy, Milwaukee Sentinel</ref> and attended Lake View High School, graduating in 1961. As a teenager he began writing science fiction, with his first story, "Pleasant Journey", published by Joseph Campbell in ''Analog'' science fiction magazine in [[1963]], when Thieme was 19.<ref>http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1031559</ref> Thieme studied English literature at [[Northwestern University]],<ref name=techno/> graduating [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and receiving his B.A. in 1965, and also marrying and starting a family.<ref name=mjs/> In 1967, he earned an M.A. in English at the University of Chicago. For the next five years he taught literature at the University of Illinois - Chicago Circle campus, after which he moved to England for two years. There, at age 30, he converted to the Anglican church.<ref name=rector/>  
  
 
===Episcopal priest===
 
===Episcopal priest===
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When Thieme and his wife returned to the United States in the 1970s, they moved to Evanston, Illinois, where Thieme attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary to earn his Masters of Divinity degree, and he became an Episcopal priest.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.futurebrief.com/richardbio.asp|publisher=futurebrief.com|title=Richard Thieme|date=2004|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whitefishbaynow.com/news/mequon-author-discusses-research-book-at-north-shore-library-b9913236z1-208206201.html|title=Fox Point's Richard Thieme discusses UFO research book at North Shore library|date=May 20, 2013|accessdate=December 15, 2013|author=Switalski, Danielle|work=Whitefish Bay Now}}</ref> His wife Anne was ordained in May 1978, the first woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest in Utah.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19791103&id=K5MqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p1sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6888,820968|date=November 3, 1979|work=Deseret News|accessdate=December 15, 2013|author=Christiansen, Joyce|title=St. Paul's rector is retiring after 23 years service}}</ref> The Thiemes were co-rectors at St. James Episcopal Church in Midvale, Utah, but divorced in 1981. Richard remained as rector in the parish until 1984,<ref>{{cite news|date=June 27, 1981|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19810627&id=YzxTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YYMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6971,8323725|accessdate=December 15, 2013|title=Bishop celebrates 10th anniversary at diocesan meet|author=Christiansen, Joyce|work=Deseret News}}</ref> then transferred to become rector at the Holy Innocents church in Hawaii (1984&ndash;1987),<ref name=rector/> and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Milwaukee (1987&ndash;1993).<ref>{{cite news|author=Kendall, Peter|work=Milwaukee Business Journal|date=1994|title=On the Money - An investor's greatest asset: to know, or own, oneself}}</ref> He married his second (and current) wife Shirley in 1983, merging their respective families to have a total of seven children.<ref name=techno>{{cite news|author=Steininger, Judy|url=http://www.thiemeworks.com/uploads/M-Magazine-pdf2.pdf|title=Techno-Philosopher|work=M Magazine|date=October 2004|pages=24&ndash;25}}</ref>
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When Thieme and his wife returned to the United States in the [[1970s]], they moved to Evanston, Illinois, where Thieme attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary to earn his Masters of Divinity degree, and he became an Episcopal priest.<ref name=bio>http://www.futurebrief.com/richardbio.asp</ref><ref>http://www.whitefishbaynow.com/news/mequon-author-discusses-research-book-at-north-shore-library-b9913236z1-208206201.html Fox Point's Richard Thieme discusses UFO research book at North Shore library</ref> His wife Anne was ordained in May [[1978]], the first woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest in Utah.<ref>Joyce Christiansen, [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19791103&id=K5MqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p1sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6888,820968 St. Paul's rector is retiring after 23 years service], November 3, 1979</ref> The Thiemes were co-rectors at St. James Episcopal Church in Midvale, Utah, but divorced in 1981. Richard remained as rector in the parish until 1984,<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19810627&id=YzxTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YYMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6971,8323725 Bishop celebrates 10th anniversary at diocesan meet], June 27, 1981, Joyce Christiansen, Deseret News</ref> then transferred to become rector at the Holy Innocents church in Hawaii (1984&ndash;1987),<ref name=rector/> and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Milwaukee.<ref>Kendall, Peter, Milwaukee Business Journal|, 1994, On the Money - An investor's greatest asset: to know, or own, oneself</ref> He married his second (and current) wife Shirley in 1983, merging their respective families to have a total of seven children.<ref name=techno>http://www.thiemeworks.com/uploads/M-Magazine-pdf2.pdf</ref>
  
 
===Technology commentator and author===
 
===Technology commentator and author===
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In the early [[1980s]] Thieme became acquainted with computers, at first interested in how they could apply to spirituality and religious organizations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Online church offers different approaches|work=[[Billings Gazette]]|date=June 25, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meet your avatars online - electronic church is an experiment in high-tech religion|work=[[Kansas City Star]]|date=July 10, 2004|author=Heinen, Tom}}</ref> While still in the priesthood, he began writing about technology and culture, including the spiritual dimension of technology, for example in his essay "Computer applications for spirituality, the transformation of religious experience."<ref>{{cite news|author=Fidlin, Dave|title=Growing with technology: Author aims to inspire acceptance of the digital world|url=http://www.thiemeworks.com/article-in-the-north-shore-herald/|work=North Shore Herald|date=September 30, 2004|page=16&ndash;17}}</ref> In 1993 Thieme left the priesthood to pursue a full-time career of professional speaking and writing,<ref name=techno/> founding his own company, LifeWorks (changed in 1996 to ThiemeWorks),<ref>{{cite news|author=Kendall, Peter|title=The watch isn't broken, it's just wound very tight|work=Milwaukee Business Journal|date=October 28, 1995|page=13}}</ref> and working with clients such as Arthur Andersen, Allstate Insurance, General Electric, the [[National Security Agency]], Microsoft, and the United States Department of the Treasury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ear/nsc110/Crystal/WashPost.html|work=Washington Post|date=July 23, 2001|accessdate=December 12, 2013|author=Garreau, Joel|title=Science's mything links: As the boundaries of reality expand, our thinking seems to be going over the edge}}</ref><ref name=btr/>  
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In the early [[1980s]] Thieme became acquainted with computers, at first interested in how they could apply to spirituality and religious organizations.<ref>Online church offers different approaches, [[Billings Gazette]], June 25, 2004</ref><ref>Meet your avatars online - electronic church is an experiment in high-tech religion, [[Kansas City Star]], July 10, 2004, Tom Heinen</ref> While still in the priesthood, he began writing about technology and culture, including the spiritual dimension of technology, for example in his essay "Computer applications for spirituality, the transformation of religious experience."<ref>http://www.thiemeworks.com/article-in-the-north-shore-herald/</ref> In 1993 Thieme left the priesthood to pursue a full-time career of professional speaking and writing,<ref name=techno/> founding his own company, LifeWorks (changed in 1996 to ThiemeWorks),<ref>Peter Kendall, The watch isn't broken, it's just wound very tight, Milwaukee Business Journal, October 28, 1995, page 13</ref> and working with clients such as Arthur Andersen, Allstate Insurance, General Electric, the [[National Security Agency]], Microsoft, and the United States Department of the Treasury.<ref>http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ear/nsc110/Crystal/WashPost.html</ref><ref name=btr/>  
  
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In the mid-1990s, Thieme started writing a monthly online column, "Islands in the Clickstream". It began as emails and then grew into a mailing list, website, and syndicated column. Thieme gained a reputation as an "online pundit of hacker culture."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/24/news/ls-15597/2|title=Hacking ain't what it used to be|author=Accinelli, Laura|date=July 24, 1997|accessdate=December 13, 2013|date=July 24, 1997|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In 2004 a collection of 144 of his essays were published in the book ''Islands in the Clickstream''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techsoc.com/clickstream.htm|title=Book review: Islands in the Clickstream|date=2004|accessdate=December 12, 2013|author=McElhearn, Kird|publisher=techsoc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7935|author=Bauer, Mick|date=January 26, 2005|accessdate=December 12, 2013|work=Linux Journal|title=Book review: Islands in the Clickstream}}</ref>  
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In the mid-1990s, Thieme started writing a monthly online column, "Islands in the Clickstream". It began as emails and then grew into a mailing list, website, and syndicated column. Thieme gained a reputation as an "online pundit of hacker culture."<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/24/news/ls-15597/2</ref> In [[2004]] a collection of 144 of his essays were published in the book ''Islands in the Clickstream''.<ref>http://www.techsoc.com/clickstream.htm</ref><ref>http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7935</ref>  
  
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Regarded as a member of the "cyber avant-garde", Thieme has spoken for nearly two decades, since the mid-1990s, at the [[DEF CON|Def Con]] and [[Black Hat Briefings|Blackhat Briefings]] security conferences, focusing on the impact of new technologies on individuals and organizational structures, with an emphasis on security and intelligence,<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|publisher=CNN|title=Convention exposes hackers' dark underbelly|date=August 11, 1998|author=Messner, Ellen|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/defcon.idg/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-12665-richard-thieme%E2%80%99s-take-on-technology-and-its-effects.html|work=[[Express Milwaukee]]|title=Richard Thieme's take on technology and its effects|author=Grimes, Susan Harpt|date=October 21, 2010|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]]|title=Pentagon still under assault from hackers|date=August 9, 2000|author=Reuters|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/09hack.html}}</ref><ref name=mjs>{{cite article|author=Bradbury, Danny|title=Documentation dearth undermines open source security|work=Infosecurity Today|volume=1|issue=5|date=2004|page=6}}</ref><ref name=btr>{{cite news|author=Kindler, Lynn|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hope42day/2012/10/17/btrs-hope42day-interviews-keynote-speaker-richard-thieme|format=audio|accessdate=December 11, 2013|title=BTR's Hope42Day interviews keynote speaker Richard Thieme|date=October 17, 2012|publisher=Blog Talk Radio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/technology/cybersecurity_myth/|author=Goldman, David|date=August 5, 2011|work=CNN Money|title=Online security doesn't exist|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref> and he has become somewhat of a "father figure" to many in the hacker subculture.<ref name=stakes/>  
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Regarded as a member of the "cyber avant-garde", Thieme has spoken for nearly two decades, since the mid-[[1990s]], at the [[DEF CON|Def Con]] and [[Black Hat Briefings|Blackhat Briefings]] security conferences, focusing on the impact of new technologies on individuals and organizational structures, with an emphasis on security and intelligence,<ref name=cnn>http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/defcon.idg/</ref><ref>http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-12665-richard-thieme%E2%80%99s-take-on-technology-and-its-effects.html</ref><ref>http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/09hack.html</ref><ref name=mjs>Danny Bradbury, Documentation dearth undermines open source security, Infosecurity Today, volume 1, issue 5, 2004, page 6</ref><ref name=btr>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hope42day/2012/10/17/btrs-hope42day-interviews-keynote-speaker-richard-thieme</ref><ref>http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/technology/cybersecurity_myth/</ref> and he has become somewhat of a "father figure" to many in the hacker subculture.<ref name=stakes/>
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In [[2010]], Thieme published ''Mind Games'', which collected the various works of fiction he'd published in different locations into one place. In 2012, he contributed to the non-fiction book ''UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry'', which examines the government's treatment of UFO reports, going back to World War II.<ref>The outer limits - former priest to speak about UFO book, [[The Freeman]], July 6, 2013, Gregg Wandsneider</ref><ref>UFOs get historical, scientific treatment, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, November 29, 2012, Jackie Loohauis-Bennett</ref> The book was praised by the magazine ''Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries'' for good sourcing, and recommended as "a useful resource for the study of a controversial topic".<ref>Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, volume  50, issue 6, February 2013, Reviews: UFOs and government: a historical inquiry - "Although these nine authors are part of the UFO community, they are not advocates of fringe theories. Their narrative is firmly based on the available sources.... A useful resource for the study of a controversial topic...  Recommended, all levels/libraries.", R. Fritze</ref>
  
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In 2010, Thieme published ''Mind Games'', which collected the various works of fiction he'd published in different locations into one place. In 2012, he contributed to the non-fiction book ''UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry'', which examines the government's treatment of UFO reports, going back to World War II.<ref>{{cite news|title=The outer limits - former priest to speak about UFO book|work=[[The Freeman]]|date=July 6, 2013|author=Wandsneider, Gregg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=UFOs get historical, scientific treatment|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinal|date=November 29, 2012|author=Loohauis-Bennett, Jackie}}</ref> The book was praised by the magazine ''Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries'' for good sourcing, and recommended as "a useful resource for the study of a controversial topic".<ref>{{cite journal|work=Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries|volume=50|issue=6|date=February 2013|title=Reviews: UFOs and government: a historical inquiry|
 
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* (contributor) {{cite book|title=UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry|year=2012|isbn=978-1933665580|author=Michael Swords and Robert Powell|others=Richard Thieme, Clas Svahn, Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Bill Chalker, Barry Greenwood, Jan Aldrich, and Steve Purcell}}
 
  
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* {{cite journal|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29790/29790-h/29790-h.htm||title=Pleasant Journey|work=[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]]|publisher=Project Gutenberg|date=November 1963|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}
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*{{cite book|chapter=Less than the sum of the movable parts|url=http://futurefire.net/2008.14/fiction/lessthanthesum.html|accessdate=December 15, 2013|work=[[Future Fire]]|date=2008}}
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*Islands in the Clickstream, 2004, ISBN 1-931836-22-1.
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* {{cite book|chapter=Silent Emergent, Doubly Dark|title=Subtle Edens|date=2008|editors=Ashley, Allen|isbn=9780955318191 }}
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*UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry (as a contributor)
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* {{cite book|title=Mind Games|year=2010|isbn=978-0-938326-24-3 |publisher=Syngress}}
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*"Pleasant Journey". Analog. Project Gutenberg. November 1963. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
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*"Less than the sum of the movable parts". Future Fire. 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
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*Ashley, Allen (2008). "Silent Emergent, Doubly Dark". In Ashley, Allen (ed.). Subtle Edens. ISBN 9780955318191.
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*Mind Games. Syngress. 2010. ISBN 978-0-938326-24-3.
  
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===Contributed chapters===
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*"Entering Sacred Digital Space" ISBN 9780567026606.
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*"Identity/Destiny". Prophecy Anthology, Volume 1. 2004. ISBN 978-0974653105.
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*The Changing Context of Intelligence and Ethics: Enabling Technologies as Transformational Engines in the proceedings of the New Paradigms for Security Workshop (2008)
  
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* {{cite book|chapter=Entering Sacred Digital Space|title=New Paradigms for Bible Study: The Bible in the Third Millennium|date=2004|isbn=9780567026606|editors=Fowler, Robert M.; Ilumhofer, Edith; Segovia, Fernando F.}}
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*In Search of the Grail Wired Magazine, issue 3.07, July 1995
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* {{cite book|chapter=Identity/Destiny|title=Prophecy Anthology, Volume 1|date=2004|isbn=978-0974653105}}
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*Bladerunner future view Everything Toronto NOW, 1997
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*''The Changing Context of Intelligence and Ethics: Enabling Technologies as Transformational Engines in the proceedings of the New Paradigms for Security Workshop'' (2008) and in the Ethical Spectacle (spectacle.org) as "Changing Contexts of Security and Ethics: You Can’t Have One Without the Other"
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*Dreams Engineers Have CMC Magazine, January 1997
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*Prime Time for Hackers is Over Salon.com, October 17, 1998
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*"Designing the future". Forbes. February 8, 1999. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
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*Review of the Kevin Kelly's Out of Control Enculturation 3.1, Spring 2000
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* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.07/thieme.if.html In Search of the Grail] ''[[Wired Magazine]]'', issue 3.07, July 1995
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*Operation Paperclip Revisited: Moral Schmoral CounterPunch, August 22, 2003
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* [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/17/09/News/tech.html Bladerunner future view] ''[[Everything Toronto NOW]]'', 1997
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*"My Last Talk with Gary Webb". CounterPunch. December 14, 2004. Retrieved December 15, 2013. (about investigative reporter Gary Webb (1955–2004))
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* [http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1997/jan/last.html Dreams Engineers Have] ''CMC Magazine'', January 1997
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*The Face we See in the Digital Mirror: How Technology is Changing Religion National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 2005
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* [http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/10/27feature.html Prime Time for Hackers is Over] [[Salon.com]], October 17, 1998
 
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* [http://enculturation.gmu.edu/3_1/thieme/ Review of the Kevin Kelly's ''Out of Control'' ] ''[[Enculturation]]'' 3.1, Spring 2000
 
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* [http://www.counterpunch.org/thieme08222003.html Operation Paperclip Revisited: Moral Schmoral] ''[[CounterPunch]]'', August 22, 2003
 
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* [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 11, 2005
 
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* ''The Symbiotic Relationship Between Networked Computers and Humans — A Dialectic Constituting a Rising Spiral of Mutual Transformation.'' [[DEF CON|Def Con]], 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-archives/dc-4-archive.html#Thieme|publisher=defcon.org|title=Def Con 4 Archive|date=July 26, 1996|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
 
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* ''Convergence — Every Man (and Woman) a Spy.'', [[Black Hat Briefings]], 1998
 
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* ''The More Things Change The More They Don't: Soft Destruction and the Ancient Wisdom of Hacking'', Def Con, 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-archives/dc-6-archive.html#Thieme|publisher=defcon.org|title=Def Con 6 Archive|date=July 31, 1998|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
 
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* ''Social Engineering at Def Con:  Games Hackers Play'', Def Con, 2000
 
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* "Hacking and Cycles of Truths, Half-Truths and Boldfaced Lies", Rubi Con, 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rubicon.the-collective.net/2000/speakers.html|title=Rubi Con speakers|publisher=the-collective.net|date=2000|accessdate=December 15, 2013}}</ref>
 
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* ''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, 2001
 
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* ''The Truth About Life, Hacking and the Truth (about Life, Hacking and the Truth) ((about Life, Hacking and...))'' [[Rubi Con|Rubi-Con]], 2002
 
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* ''Hacker Generations: From Building the Network to Using the Network to Being the Network'', Def Con, 2003
 
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* ''Quantum Hacking: In Search of a Unified Theory'', Def Con, 2004
 
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* ''Zen and The Relevance of Perception to Cyber Security, or, When is a Network Not a Network?'', [[Shmoocon]], 2005
 
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* ''Living on the Edge: The Sources of Creativity for Security Wizards and Hackers'', [[Notacon]], 2005
 
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* ''Staring into the Abyss: The Dark Side of Security and Professional Intelligence'', Black Hat Briefings, 2011
 
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==References==
 
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==External links==
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===Selected keynotes===
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* [http://www.thiemeworks.com/ www.thiemeworks.com Richard Thieme's official website]
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*The Symbiotic Relationship Between Networked Computers and Humans — A Dialectic Constituting a Rising Spiral of Mutual Transformation. [[Def Con]], 1996[31]
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* [http://www.thiemeworks.com/write/archives/BruceSchneier.htm Interview] with [[Bruce Schneier]] conducted by Richard Thieme (Originally in [http://www.infosecuritymag.com/ Information Security Magazine], June 2000)
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*Convergence — Every Man (and Woman) a Spy., Black Hat Briefings, 1998
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* [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 conducted by Munir Kotadia at AusCERT 2007
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*The More Things Change The More They Don't: Soft Destruction and the Ancient Wisdom of Hacking, Def Con, 1998[32]
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*Social Engineering at Def Con: Games Hackers Play, Def Con, 2000
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*"Hacking and Cycles of Truths, Half-Truths and Boldfaced Lies", Rubi Con, 2000[33]
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*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, 2001
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*The Truth About Life, Hacking and the Truth (about Life, Hacking and the Truth) ((about Life, Hacking and...)) Rubi-Con, 2002
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*Hacker Generations: From Building the Network to Using the Network to Being the Network, Def Con, 2003
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*Quantum Hacking: In Search of a Unified Theory, Def Con, 2004
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*Zen and The Relevance of Perception to Cyber Security, or, When is a Network Not a Network?, Shmoocon, 2005
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*Living on the Edge: The Sources of Creativity for Security Wizards and Hackers, Notacon, 2005
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*Staring into the Abyss: The Dark Side of Security and Professional Intelligence, Black Hat Briefings, 2011
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Person.png Richard Thieme  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Born1944
Chicago
NationalityAmerican
Other namesRichard F. Thieme
OccupationEx-Episcopal priest, commentator on technology and culture
Founder/Owner ofThiemeworks
Interests • UFOs
• technology
• Defcon

Richard Thieme is a former priest who became a commentator on technology and culture, founding the consulting firm ThiemeWorks. He is a frequent keynote speaker at government agencies and technology conferences around the world, routinely drawing large audiences, and is described as an "institution" and "father figure" in the hacker convention circuit.[1][2] He is the author of the syndicated column "Islands in the Clickstream", which was published in 60 countries and in 2004 was turned into a book of the same name. In 2010 he published a book of short stories, Mind Games, and in 2012 he contributed to the peer-reviewed academic work, UFOs and Government, a Historical Inquiry. He has written for multiple publications including Wired, Forbes, and Salon.com.[3] Andrew Briney, editor-in-chief of Information Security magazine, describes Thieme as "a living symbol of the human dimension of technology".[4]

Biography

Early life and academic career

Thieme was born in Chicago, with one of his parents Christian and one Jewish, and one older brother, Art.[5][6] Raised Jewish, Thieme was confirmed as a young man in a Reform synagogue,[7] and attended Lake View High School, graduating in 1961. As a teenager he began writing science fiction, with his first story, "Pleasant Journey", published by Joseph Campbell in Analog science fiction magazine in 1963, when Thieme was 19.[8] Thieme studied English literature at Northwestern University,[5] graduating Phi Beta Kappa and receiving his B.A. in 1965, and also marrying and starting a family.[9] In 1967, he earned an M.A. in English at the University of Chicago. For the next five years he taught literature at the University of Illinois - Chicago Circle campus, after which he moved to England for two years. There, at age 30, he converted to the Anglican church.[7]

Episcopal priest

When Thieme and his wife returned to the United States in the 1970s, they moved to Evanston, Illinois, where Thieme attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary to earn his Masters of Divinity degree, and he became an Episcopal priest.[10][11] His wife Anne was ordained in May 1978, the first woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest in Utah.[12] The Thiemes were co-rectors at St. James Episcopal Church in Midvale, Utah, but divorced in 1981. Richard remained as rector in the parish until 1984,[13] then transferred to become rector at the Holy Innocents church in Hawaii (1984–1987),[7] and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Milwaukee.[14] He married his second (and current) wife Shirley in 1983, merging their respective families to have a total of seven children.[5]

Technology commentator and author

In the early 1980s Thieme became acquainted with computers, at first interested in how they could apply to spirituality and religious organizations.[15][16] While still in the priesthood, he began writing about technology and culture, including the spiritual dimension of technology, for example in his essay "Computer applications for spirituality, the transformation of religious experience."[17] In 1993 Thieme left the priesthood to pursue a full-time career of professional speaking and writing,[5] founding his own company, LifeWorks (changed in 1996 to ThiemeWorks),[18] and working with clients such as Arthur Andersen, Allstate Insurance, General Electric, the National Security Agency, Microsoft, and the United States Department of the Treasury.[19][20]

In the mid-1990s, Thieme started writing a monthly online column, "Islands in the Clickstream". It began as emails and then grew into a mailing list, website, and syndicated column. Thieme gained a reputation as an "online pundit of hacker culture."[21] In 2004 a collection of 144 of his essays were published in the book Islands in the Clickstream.[22][23]

Regarded as a member of the "cyber avant-garde", Thieme has spoken for nearly two decades, since the mid-1990s, at the Def Con and Blackhat Briefings security conferences, focusing on the impact of new technologies on individuals and organizational structures, with an emphasis on security and intelligence,[24][25][26][9][20][27] and he has become somewhat of a "father figure" to many in the hacker subculture.[2]

In 2010, Thieme published Mind Games, which collected the various works of fiction he'd published in different locations into one place. In 2012, he contributed to the non-fiction book UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry, which examines the government's treatment of UFO reports, going back to World War II.[28][29] The book was praised by the magazine Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries for good sourcing, and recommended as "a useful resource for the study of a controversial topic".[30]


 

Documents by Richard Thieme

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
Document:Hacker Generationsarticle23 August 2011Mass surveillance
Hacker
Total information awareness
Hacking		On the origins and real meaning of "Hacker"; a term which, in company with "conspiracy-theory", "Holocaust-denial" and many others has been co-opted/invented by Establishments to marginalise research deemed most threatening to the Official Narratives that define "Consensus trance" reality.
Document:It’s Identity, Stupidarticle1 March 2013Intelligence agency
Intentity politics		Insights into the real, counter-intuitive purposes and functioning of intelligence and security services. As a consequence of their determination of developments in surveillance, computing and related esoteric military technologies, their role of service to democratically determined policy has morphed into hidden, unaccountable shapers and arbiters of all policy that matters.
Document:Out of the Closet on UFOsarticle16 February 2014UFORichard Thieme admitting to believing in UFO's (the variety that have no explanation other than that they are the transports of non-human sentient beings or robots and of other than earthly origin).
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References

  1. ↑ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7934
  2. ↑ a b http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2002-08-12-hacker-world_x.htm
  3. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 26, 1997, Computer-savvy ex-priest melds technical, spiritual, Hawkins, Lee Jr
  4. ↑ Briney, Andrew, Islands in the Clickstream, 2004, Foreword
  5. ↑ a b c d http://www.thiemeworks.com/uploads/M-Magazine-pdf2.pdf
  6. ↑ Islands, p. ix
  7. ↑ a b c St. Paul's new rector feels at home in city, August 29, 1987, Mary Beth Murphy, Milwaukee Sentinel
  8. ↑ http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1031559
  9. ↑ a b Danny Bradbury, Documentation dearth undermines open source security, Infosecurity Today, volume 1, issue 5, 2004, page 6
  10. ↑ http://www.futurebrief.com/richardbio.asp
  11. ↑ http://www.whitefishbaynow.com/news/mequon-author-discusses-research-book-at-north-shore-library-b9913236z1-208206201.html Fox Point's Richard Thieme discusses UFO research book at North Shore library
  12. ↑ Joyce Christiansen, St. Paul's rector is retiring after 23 years service, November 3, 1979
  13. ↑ Bishop celebrates 10th anniversary at diocesan meet, June 27, 1981, Joyce Christiansen, Deseret News
  14. ↑ Kendall, Peter, Milwaukee Business Journal|, 1994, On the Money - An investor's greatest asset: to know, or own, oneself
  15. ↑ Online church offers different approaches, Billings Gazette, June 25, 2004
  16. ↑ Meet your avatars online - electronic church is an experiment in high-tech religion, Kansas City Star, July 10, 2004, Tom Heinen
  17. ↑ http://www.thiemeworks.com/article-in-the-north-shore-herald/
  18. ↑ Peter Kendall, The watch isn't broken, it's just wound very tight, Milwaukee Business Journal, October 28, 1995, page 13
  19. ↑ http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ear/nsc110/Crystal/WashPost.html
  20. ↑ a b http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hope42day/2012/10/17/btrs-hope42day-interviews-keynote-speaker-richard-thieme
  21. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/24/news/ls-15597/2
  22. ↑ http://www.techsoc.com/clickstream.htm
  23. ↑ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7935
  24. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/defcon.idg/
  25. ↑ http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-12665-richard-thieme%E2%80%99s-take-on-technology-and-its-effects.html
  26. ↑ http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/09hack.html
  27. ↑ http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/technology/cybersecurity_myth/
  28. ↑ The outer limits - former priest to speak about UFO book, The Freeman, July 6, 2013, Gregg Wandsneider
  29. ↑ UFOs get historical, scientific treatment, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, November 29, 2012, Jackie Loohauis-Bennett
  30. ↑ Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, volume 50, issue 6, February 2013, Reviews: UFOs and government: a historical inquiry - "Although these nine authors are part of the UFO community, they are not advocates of fringe theories. Their narrative is firmly based on the available sources.... A useful resource for the study of a controversial topic... Recommended, all levels/libraries.", R. Fritze

Works

Nonfiction books

  • Islands in the Clickstream, 2004, ISBN 1-931836-22-1.
  • UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry (as a contributor)

Selected fiction

  • "Pleasant Journey". Analog. Project Gutenberg. November 1963. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  • "Less than the sum of the movable parts". Future Fire. 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  • Ashley, Allen (2008). "Silent Emergent, Doubly Dark". In Ashley, Allen (ed.). Subtle Edens. ISBN 9780955318191.
  • Mind Games. Syngress. 2010. ISBN 978-0-938326-24-3.

Contributed chapters

  • "Entering Sacred Digital Space" ISBN 9780567026606.
  • "Identity/Destiny". Prophecy Anthology, Volume 1. 2004. ISBN 978-0974653105.
  • The Changing Context of Intelligence and Ethics: Enabling Technologies as Transformational Engines in the proceedings of the New Paradigms for Security Workshop (2008)

Selected articles

  • In Search of the Grail Wired Magazine, issue 3.07, July 1995
  • Bladerunner future view Everything Toronto NOW, 1997
  • Dreams Engineers Have CMC Magazine, January 1997
  • Prime Time for Hackers is Over Salon.com, October 17, 1998
  • "Designing the future". Forbes. February 8, 1999. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  • Review of the Kevin Kelly's Out of Control Enculturation 3.1, Spring 2000
  • Operation Paperclip Revisited: Moral Schmoral CounterPunch, August 22, 2003
  • "My Last Talk with Gary Webb". CounterPunch. December 14, 2004. Retrieved December 15, 2013. (about investigative reporter Gary Webb (1955–2004))
  • The Face we See in the Digital Mirror: How Technology is Changing Religion National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 2005

Selected keynotes

  • The Symbiotic Relationship Between Networked Computers and Humans — A Dialectic Constituting a Rising Spiral of Mutual Transformation. Def Con, 1996[31]
  • Convergence — Every Man (and Woman) a Spy., Black Hat Briefings, 1998
  • The More Things Change The More They Don't: Soft Destruction and the Ancient Wisdom of Hacking, Def Con, 1998[32]
  • Social Engineering at Def Con: Games Hackers Play, Def Con, 2000
  • "Hacking and Cycles of Truths, Half-Truths and Boldfaced Lies", Rubi Con, 2000[33]
  • 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, 2001
  • The Truth About Life, Hacking and the Truth (about Life, Hacking and the Truth) ((about Life, Hacking and...)) Rubi-Con, 2002
  • Hacker Generations: From Building the Network to Using the Network to Being the Network, Def Con, 2003
  • Quantum Hacking: In Search of a Unified Theory, Def Con, 2004
  • Zen and The Relevance of Perception to Cyber Security, or, When is a Network Not a Network?, Shmoocon, 2005
  • Living on the Edge: The Sources of Creativity for Security Wizards and Hackers, Notacon, 2005
  • Staring into the Abyss: The Dark Side of Security and Professional Intelligence, Black Hat Briefings, 2011

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