I disagree and agree with you Qinn at the same time.
I agree that the meaning of the world hacker will evolve in the future but I disagree with the notion that the hackerculture just began. It started 40 years ago at MIT, then progressed throughout the years to include the famous Cap'n Crunch (70's), the formation of BBS and hacker groups (80's) and the 90's with the notorious Kevin Mitnick.
Just my $0.2