Will Perry
Will Perry
thinking tolerance irony
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony
differences privacy shame
The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy.
government sight magic
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?
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.