John Perry Barlow Quotes
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The Internet amplifies power in all respects. It can grossly exaggerate the power of the individual.
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Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government.
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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.
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The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
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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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It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing.
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The government targets 'Anonymous' for the same reason it targets al-Qaida - because they're the enemy.
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The stratosphere is my church.
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I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.
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I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.
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Google, Amazon, Apple. Any number of cloud providers and computer service providers who can increasingly limit your access to your own information, control all your processing, take away your data if they want to, and observe everything you do; in a way, that does give them some leverage over your own life.
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But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.
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The Internet is the most liberating tool for humanity ever invented, and also the best for surveillance. It's not one or the other. It's both.
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I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.
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If you have the 'Total Information Awareness' project working, it might be relatively easy to find everyone who had bought more than a ton of fertilizer and 500 gallons of diesel in the last year, which would be a great way of spotting potential Tim McVeighs - but it would also spot half the farmers and ranchers in America.
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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.
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Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
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In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.