This is not about tech bros but …
A friend was just telling me he’s seen more than one TikTok video extolling the idea that you can deposit a bogus 10,000 check to your own account, then pull that money as cash from an ATM and boom! Free 10,000.
He said, “Gen Z just invented check kiting”.
How about this?
The Cathedral and the Bazaar : Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric Raymond,
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/the-cathedral-and-the-bazaar-musings-on-linux-and-open-source-by-an-accidental-revolutionary-9780596001087
It’s from 1997 but addresses some of what you mentioned. Things have changed a lot since it was written though, so just keep that in mind.