The World Depends on Technology No One Understands

"We are in a new era, one in which we are building systems that can't be grasped in their totality or held in the mind of a single person." George Hotz has a gift for bending complex technologies in the direction of his own desire. As a teenage nobody, Hotz earned notoriety for being the first hacker to unlock Apple's iPhone -- much to the annoyance of AT&T, who had exclusive-ish networking rights at the time. Several years later, he became the focus of a Sony lawsuit for releasing hacked Playstation 3 software to the world. And last December, he discussed his latest project with Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance -- a patched together home-made driverless car. When asked what compels him to crack open these complicated technologies Hotz said, "I want power.