John Perry
John Perry
mean matter way
I have always felt that no matter how inscrutable its ways and means, the universe is working perfectly and working according to a greater plan than we can know.
battle fields firsts
The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.
lost lost-you explorers
If you're not lost, you're not much of an explorer.
political degrees trouble
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.
government force monopoly
The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable
thinking giving intellectual
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.
age usual boundaries
Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age.
niece mean looks
I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.
winning adoption virtue
New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions.
change people cuneiform
Notions of property, value, ownership, and the nature of wealth itself are changing more fundamentally than at any time since the Sumerians first poked cuneiform into wet clay and called it stored grain ... few people are aware of the enormity of this shift and fewer of them are lawyers or public officials.
believe miracle magic
I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events of magical unlikelihood.
real ideas creating
The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic zone, anti-sovereign and unregulatable, the Internet calls into question the very idea of a nation-state.
politics firsts cyberspace
In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
tickets musician royalty
Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.