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 . Show a working model of a community for all the 'Spaces still looking for balance. [Design Patterns](https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Design_Patterns) cover quite a lot of topic, but there is no hackerspace in culture you can look up to and say "we want to solve this to avoid their problems" or "we want to do it exactly like them".
 . Show a community where every character finds their own source of self-worth in a different way. Every one has their own ambitions and place in the world - and in the hackerspace.
+## Themes
+- **Realism** - this is not a science fiction. Everything should feel real, daily and mundane, even when talking GLaDOS in a LED-illuminated hackerspace seems magical. The fact of something actually existing doesn't make it dull and gray. Characters have jobs, schools and forget to buy milk. They [have pockets](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture), watch silly cats on youtube and are alive.
+- **Technology ownership** - when you accept that you can hack, tweak and build things _yourself_ you suddenly get powerful. You can make a difference, being a maker in a world of _consumers_. Characters are not geeks obsessed with gadgets - they are nerds embracing knowledge. They do not want yet another iphone, but adjust each piece of technology to their needs.
+- **Independence and empowerment** - there is no one to tell you what to do. There is no high council to decide what you can know, and everything is up to you. People form their own subcultures or attitudes, preferring technical excellence over accessibility or the other way around - but it's their choice, and no one is absolutely right.
+- **Communities and different approaches** - each character is defined not only by what they can do, but also by their place in the community - and relationships with others. They don't exist in the void. Each of them is different and each wants something different. The only thing they all have in common is their will to cooperate, to share our knowledge and build things with other people. Some people would call them "nerds", but they vary _a lot_.
+### Open questions
+- [Feminism and sexism](project:themes:feminism) are still hotly debated in different Spaces and there are different ways to address them. Please head to [appropriate page](project:themes:feminism) to read more.
+- [Racism and social inclusiveness](project:themes:inclusiveness) vary a lot between spaces, communities and countries. As above, please head to the [topic page](project:themes:inclusiveness).