Good "Economist" article on Cyberspace
[I'm getting no Cypherpunks list traffic today, only mail sent to me directly, so I apologize if this has come up already.] The Jan 14-20 issue of "The Economist" has a good article on "Who speaks for cyberspace?," which does a good job of summarizing the civil libertarian arguments and why the EFF "imploded." ... "Little wonder that many Internet pioneers thought they had stumbled upon an electronic Utopia....If a single set of beliefs can be said to dominate the politics of cyberspace, it is radical libertarianism..." About the withdrawal of the EFF from the political fray: "That leaves cyberspace's radical libertarians without a voice in Washington. They're probably delighted." I know I am. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Cypherpunks list: majordomo@toad.com with body message of only: subscribe cypherpunks. FAQ available at ftp.netcom.com in pub/tc/tcmay
Right Tim it was a great article in the Economist Tradition. I'll post it as soon as it makes it into the databases. Unblievable Barlow Quote: On-line purists might want nothing to do with government, but government was likely to intrude anyway. So the EFF sought to minimise the intrusion; "to keep Pharoh from following us into the Red Sea," as Mr. Barlow puts it. I *want* Pharoh to follow us into the Red Sea, myself. DCF -- You don't have to be nice to nation states you meet on the way up if you're not coming back down.
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