Card VII-20: JOHN PERRY BARLOW – We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

Series VII · Card 20 of 21 · THE RABBIT HOLE

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

JOHN PERRY BARLOW · CYBERSPACE INDEPENDENCE · 1996

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Source

“A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”, Davos, 8 February 1996, closing sentences

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About the author

American Grateful Dead lyricist and internet activist (1947–2018). Co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; his Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace became the manifesto of the early web.

The question on the back

How much hope do you place in what people build together online?