Kinetics are usually people who are financially secure. Being secure is boring. Even worse are the people who retire at the age of twenty. Hackers Hackers are keen on powerful computing. Some of them will try to exploit other people's computers, but many of them do not break in to other systems.
Hackers are often interested in writing neat hacks more than actual productions.
Not that hackers are not stereotypical 'geek' type people. The illegal part of computer subcultures. Most hackers look down on these subcultures. They choose to maliciously break into established systems in order to seek thrills, much like the Kinetics. Phreaks play with the phone systems, Crackers play with the networks, and Warez D00dz are concerned with software piracy.