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But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.
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In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
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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?
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Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge.
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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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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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You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.

Biography


John Perry Barlow (born Jackson Hole, Wyoming, October 3, 1947) is an American poet, essayist, retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. In 1969, he graduated with High Honors in comparative religion from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He is a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation along with fellow digital rights activists John Gilmore and Mitch Kapor. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the EFF's board of directors. He is a former chairman of the Sublette County Republican Party and member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

His writings include A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace and The Economy of Ideas.

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* Personal blog
* EFF homepage
* A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
* The Economy of Ideas
* An insightful interview given to Reason magazine
* A 'This American Life' story (at minute 37) about how Barlow met his fiancé at a convention center, and what happened to them afterward

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