Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled.
The motivation comes from a fascination with technology plus the satisfaction of being able to flaunt techno-mastery to like-minded folk around the world.
When we think of empowerment, the desire tends to be a softer, more feminine-based internal mastery of oneself that makes us more effective with working with the external world.