John Perry Barlow

“the first responsibility of a humanbeing is to be a better ancestor.”

“information is simultaneously a relationship,an action, and an area of shared mind. What it isn't is a noun.Information is not a thing. It isn't an object. It isn't something that,when you sell it or have it stolen, ceases to remain in your possession. Itdoesn't have a market value that can be objectively determined.”

“The future's here, we are it, we are on our own”

“This is so much better than the 60's. So much less self indulgent and desperate. What you have here is a large group of people trying to practice unconditional love for strangers, and for the most part, succeeding.”

“We cannot separate the air that chokes from the air upon which wings beat.”