In 2024 the Portland Hacker Foundation was founded with the goal of accelerating security research in the Portland area and delivering asymmetric impact to the local community. This is that story. How the Foundation was set up, the research we've funded, and how you can go out and build similar systems to empower your local community.

As humans, things have gotten pretty weird. What does the world look like when difficult work is increasingly delegated to machines that have no sense of ego? What does crime look like? How can organizations structure themselves to survive in these sorts of rapidly shifting environments, and how can these tools empower individuals and the communities they care about?