John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlowis an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Freedom of the Press Foundation. As of 2016, he is a Fellow Emeritus at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, where he has maintained an affiliation since 1998. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
I think the 'counterculture' believes that there are ways to manage being the world's most powerful country that involve creation of consensus - ruling by virtuous example rather than by force of arms.
Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.
If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.
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We cannot separate the air that chokes from the air upon which wings beat.
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
We are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire.
The more you've got, the shorter it feels.
The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.
I had always thought that the idea of love at first sight was one of those things invented by lady novelists from the South with three names.
So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.
One can imagine the government's problem. This is all pretty magical stuff to them. If I were trying to terminate the operations of a witch coven, I'd probably seize everything in sight. How would I tell the ordinary household brooms from the getaway vehicles?