John Perry
John Perry
thinking government worry
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.
law behavior stills
I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior.
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own
thinking fire gutenberg
With the development of the Internet...we are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire. I used to think that it was just the biggest thing since Gutenberg, but now I think you have to go back farther.
fire events middle
We are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire.
cryptography
When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.
real objectivity feelings
I have a feeling Virtual Reality will further expose the conceit that 'reality' is a fact. It will provide another reminder of the seamless continuity between the world outside and the world within, delivering another major hit to the old fraud of objectivity. 'Real,' as Kevin Kelly put it, 'is going to be one of the most relative words we'll have.'
technology censorship internet
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
wings air choke
We cannot separate the air that chokes from the air upon which wings beat.
order culture our-society
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.
home past mind
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.
believe angel sometimes
I ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings.
creating silence world
We are creating a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity.
love inspirational hope
But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.