He made a conscious decision to focus on the latter,” the site wrote, quoting him as saying, “I knew it’s also true that a good way to invent the future is to predict it. “Barlow knew that new technology could create and empower evil as much as it could create and empower good. The Electronic Frontier Foundation focused on Barlow’s contributions to Internet freedom, which is one of his most lasting legacies and, in many people’s minds, he was ahead of the curve on it. RIP John Perry Barlow, 1947-2018 /6t4y4Khhpo The Cause of Death Was Not Immediately Clear but Barlow Had Health Problems in Recent Years You have no sovereignty where we gather.” As Wired recalled it, Barlow was ahead of the times, as he wrote the essay in 1996 on “a clunky Apple laptop.”ġ. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. In the article A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, Barlow famously argued that the Internet should be free of government control: “Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind.
We will miss Barlow and his wisdom for decades to come, and he will always be an integral part of EFF,” the site reported, labeling Barlow an “Internet pioneer.”
“With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF’s founder, visionary, and our ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his sleep this morning. The sad news was confirmed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that Barlow founded. John Perry Barlow, the Grateful Dead lyricist, poet, writer, and Internet freedom activist, has died at the age of 70.
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