text: Readers who want a more complete picture should read two other Steven Levy 's Heroes of the Computer Revolution ( 1984 ) , which gives a still-fresh account of MIT 's Project MAC ( not coincidentally funded by Licklider ) , an enterprise dominated by the hacker ethic--the compulsive urge to explore and improve on things .
  
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  Most in the industry still consider Steven Levy to be a pioneer in the field .