A Cyberspace Declaration of Its Independence
15 years ago today, John Perry Barlow wrote A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.
It’s even more pertinent today than ever.
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
by John Perry Barlow
Davos, Switzerland / February 8, 1996
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.
