The 'Total Information Awareness' project is truly diabolical - mostly because of the legal changes which have made it possible in the first place. As a consequence of the Patriot Act, government now has access to all sorts of private and commercial databases that were previously off limits.

John Perry Barlow
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  1. Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age.

  2. New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions.

  3. But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.

  4. I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.

  5. Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

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