Amongst other things I remember his columns in NeXTworld (sp?) fondly.
John Perry Barlow has died
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#102A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address you with no greater…
Wow, that's one of the most idealistic statements I've ever read. Too bad we ended up with the WWW of today instead.
I first read the declaration back in the 90's when it seemed possible. Over time we have slowly drifted away from the grand vision and we're now in a dark place. That said, when I get really down about the state of the net/www/privacy I pull up the declaration to remind myself of what can be and what to fight for.
Today I feel invigorated, and there is work to be done.
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Audio version (with JPB himself): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/conventions/act-three
If you've already read the transcript, see his statement: https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/... 1993-1994 was also an important period for the legal case which motivated the creation of the EFF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation...
Man, the interview was kinda hard to read, but that statement destroyed me. What a moving tale. Makes me want to believe in the afterlife just so he could be reunited with her
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#104I admit my ignorance of not knowing about him previous to reading this. Also admit a sad feeling of retroactive loss now that I have learned a bit more about him. Hope he'll be a role model to others that follow.
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#105That sucks. Adult principles: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Jan-21.html Worth living by.
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#106His Principles for Adult Behavior is hard-earned wisdom: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1kgmes/i_am_john_perr...
Wow. And succinct enough that I’ll quote them in full: ADULT PRINCIPLES -John Perry Barlow 1 Be patient. No matter what. 2 Don't badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn't say to him. 3 Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you. 4 Expand your sense of the possible. 5 Don't trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change. 6 Don't ask mo…
So, basically, "stop using twitter".
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow. And succinct enough that I’ll quote them in full: ADULT PRINCIPLES -John Perry Barlow 1 Be patient. No matter what. 2 Don't badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn't say to him. 3 Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you. 4 Expand your sense of the possible. 5 Don't trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change. 6 Don't ask mo…
people in power need to be rated against these principles.
You need to rate yourself against these principles. This is the whole point.
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#108JPB on meeting a partner on an evening when he was due to roast Steve Jobs at a NeXT Expo. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/transcript#act3
Well, I wasn't prepared for that. Almost skipped over it, so anyone else trailing through who catches this, go and read it.
Wow, I'm really glad I read this comment. Thank you. What an unbelievably amazing story.
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#110JPB on meeting a partner on an evening when he was due to roast Steve Jobs at a NeXT Expo. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/transcript#act3
Well, I wasn't prepared for that. Almost skipped over it, so anyone else trailing through who catches this, go and read it.
Yeah. Wow. Powerful stuff.