JohnPerryBarlow (mbth), born in Wyoming, USA, is one of the most famous hackers in the world. John perry barlow is famous for writing many new philosophical works on the Internet in 1990s, especially the Declaration of Cyberspace Independence published in 1996.

On February 7th, 20 18, john perry barlow died at the age of 70.

Chinese name: john perry barlow.

Mbth: JohnPerryBarlow

Place of birth: Wyoming, USA

Date of death: 2065438+February 7, 2008

Occupation: Vice President of Electronic Boundary Foundation

Faith: Puritanism

Main achievements: publishing the book ApplePowerBook and establishing the Electronic Boundary Foundation.

Representative works: ApplePowerBook

Identity: One of the most famous hackers in the world.

Character experience

John perry barlow's name is WASP (Anglo-Saxon-White-Puritan), and he was educated in a school with only one classroom.

John perry barlow, who applied Cyberspace to today's media and co-founded the Electronic Boundary Foundation. This is a non-profit organization that defends the freedom of online speech. Barlow is a tough guy, which makes him the most famous hacker.

Although his status as a drummer and dancer in GratefulDead band covered up the brilliance of his book ApplePowerBook, he is still a figure spanning 2 1 century. This self-report describes his days against "evil groups", including Microsoft, AOL and even the Motion Picture Association of America, and advocates freedom of speech on the Internet. Barlow's greatest hope is that "we will build a new civilization on the basis of cyberspace, which is more humane and fairer than the civilization created by the government." In addition, he believes: "After surfing the Internet, people's hearts will be liberated. Facts have proved that the network has a stronger influence on culture than anything else. I believe this will happen when more and more people surf the Internet instead of watching TV.

John perry barlow is one of the founders and vice chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). He is also a member of the board of directors of TheWELL, Whole Earth' Electronic Link, and serves as a consultant to CSC VangusrdGroupofCSC and GlobalBusinessNetwork (GBN). He often writes articles or gives speeches to discuss social virtualization, and is a critic on topics such as computer security, virtual reality and digital intellectual property rights.

From 65438 to 0977, he wrote the Code of Conduct for Adults, which was circulated in Reddit and other places for many years. This guide lists 25 concise points of Barlow's lifestyle, including "expanding your sense of possibility", "living an unforgettable life" and "patience".

1990, he co-founded the electronic frontier foundation with John gilmour and mitch kapor.

1996, the Declaration of Cyberspace Independence was published.

In 20 12, he became one of the founders of TheFreedomofthePressFoundation.

On the morning of February 7th, 20 18, john perry barlow passed away at the age of 70.

Opinion of speech

The biggest mistake in treating information is to mistake the container for the content. When we begin to turn information into products in the post-Gutenberg era, it is easy to think that "books" are products; We built a huge industrial equipment to make those goods and treat them as goods produced by the factory. In terms of distribution, there is no difference between books and toasters. We still think that information is a product, an object, something made up of atoms, not bits. We still can't understand one thing: information happens between two hearts, flowing and interacting, and only in this case can information exist.

Information under the general concept of property rights is not feasible. Property is something that can be taken from you. Suppose I have a horse, you steal it, I can't ride it anymore, and its value disappears from me. But if I have a creative idea and you steal it, not only do I own it, but now that two people have the same idea, the idea itself is more valuable. You stole it and increased its value. The foundation of an information economy system lies in whether this system can solve the problem of information entropy, improve its value and develop into complexity-only by knowing this can we benefit from the information economy system.

Entropy is the average amount of information. Data is different from information. You can use machines to collect an unlimited number of data blocks, but if you want to turn data into information, you must use human wisdom to process data and generate meaning from it. This is the biggest difference between information and other products. The product of the material world is usually itself, no matter what the external situation is. A toaster is a toaster. In the information world, the value of every piece of information comes from its association with some kind of wisdom to judge whether the information is meaningful or not. This is also a difficult part of the information economy, because everyone is too used to reducing everything to a general material level.

Another problem is experience. Experience is not the same as information. Experience is a real-time interactive relationship between the sensory system and the phenomena it can touch, which can be obtained through electronic communication or contact with the environment. Every neuron in the body is evaluating the surrounding environment, interacting with the environment, testing the environment, and always being alert. This is not the same as information. In most cases, information is obtained by experience, coarsened, refined and compressed into a format. Information is like dehydrated dry goods: content dry goods, not much communication. Many phenomena can be traced back by information, and phenomena make data. The function of the Internet and its attendant phenomenon is to create an environment that can provide mutual experience. Now, we can ask questions without being on the spot, which is very different from the past. Because now when we form an understanding of the world in our minds, most of them are based on information, and information comes from large machines that accumulate them together. These machines operate according to instructions that are not necessarily accurate or true. Intellectual property is a contradiction. The so-called "intelligence" in this concept implies a relationship: you put forward a set of meaningful experiences or their products, and the way you pass those experiences on to me is to establish a relationship with me. The old way of communication is like this. The transmission forms of television and radio are very asymmetric, and it is science and technology that cause this asymmetric relationship. In fact, when you aim at "understanding", you will try your best to simulate the real experience, because understanding comes from experience. You will also put yourself in a position where you can ask questions from the sources of production information. You will try to ask more questions and adjust your understanding of the sources to match the questions you want to ask next. There is always a very vivid relationship between performers and audiences that is not described in detail. Take "Death China" as an example. Their audience is a very active part of the performance. In a sense, they are performing. Before the musician began to play, the audience knew which piece the orchestra was going to play next, and almost telepathically told the musician about it. In essence, it is the eastern unity of information, which should be regarded as love or friendship. You don't say you have friendship, and you don't treat your friends as property. The ideal information exchange relationship is not a material exchange, but more like a friend relationship.

Some people think that for practical reasons, the concept of intellectual property based on material form cannot be abandoned. Those who hold this idea need to think again: if there is such an environment, there is no obvious difference between a commodity and a speech in this environment; If you still want to own business objects according to the property model, as long as you stick to this model, you will sacrifice freedom of speech. The purpose of copyright concept is to enhance the freedom of speech and marketing. Contrary to our current situation, the concept of copyright suppresses freedom of speech. The Electronic Frontier Foundation defends the territory of cyberspace from being invaded by hegemonic countries within the geographical scope. The powerful countries in today's geographical map are all products of the industrial revolution; The form of "nation state" seems to meet the needs and purposes of industry. After the decline of the industrial stage, the power relations that were originally quite stable became easy to get. A system that feels that its strength is gradually weakening will consolidate its strength at all costs. No one can borrow * * * knowledge to get support, usually with power. We should promote what we think is a "revolution".

Cyberspace is essentially anti-sovereignty. People should be psychologically prepared. Governments with geographical boundaries are likely to undermine this anti-sovereignty spirit-they are ready to act. Governments that want to control cyberspace rely on the strangeness of their own culture. Compare it to our American sexual obsession-the media keeps us erect, and religion and culture tell us that impulsive erection is wrong. Pity that we are in a double bind. On the one hand, we are bombarded by images, on the other hand, we are advised by culture and morality. Cognitive dissonance is huge!

Germans intend to control computer space and prevent teenage boys from using it. Iran tries to prohibit people from talking about pagan topics in cyberspace, even if there is inappropriate contact between the two sexes. Every culture will use the main monster in its own culture as an excuse to interfere in the activities of cyberspace and then bully it.

We saw these people trying to rule from completely ignorant people and enter a strange world, holding tools that don't belong to them at all. /kloc-around 0/770, the scholar Tom Paine wrote an article advocating the independence of American colonies in Britain and met King George III. When he met the king of England, he was probably in the same mood as when I entered the White House. I was dumbfounded and dared to say that I had the moral right to govern a place I had never been to. John perybarlow's network communication needs practice as much as any other communication. The real missionary of the concept of cyberspace with network communication as the core is John Periballo. He is one of the founders of the famous American Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a member of the board of directors of theWELL, a famous online community. He pointed out: "The function of the Internet and the phenomenon that comes with it is to create an environment that can provide mutual experience." He stressed that people should believe that the connection of computers really makes cyberspace a reality, and they can call it 15 by any name that implies spaciousness. He believes that electronic communication is not only a kind of high-tech communication, but also an interval-cyberspace, which is a completely different new world and "frontier". It needs a new set of metaphors and a new set of rules and behaviors. Barlow and his Electronic Frontier Foundation are radical defenders of cyberspace, who believe that cyberspace is anti-geographical sovereignty. This position is the result of the Internet, and cyberspace is more and more related to network communication, which has become the growth environment of network subculture. The development of network communication leads to the emergence of online virtual communities, which further strengthens the concepts of virtual communication space and cyberspace. Si Tong thinks that cyberspace is a kind of social space. He pointed out: "Various electronic networks are forming a mode of interpersonal interaction, which is similar to the well-known gatherings, communication groups and Roosevelt-style fireplace conversations, and is a new form of social space. We might as well call it a' virtual' space-an imaginary communication place formed by * * * *. Its recent development shows that concepts such as "distance", "inside and outside" and even "body" have been given new meanings, and this change is often disturbing. Similarly, in the book "Virtual Community: Home of Electronic Frontier" published by 1993, HowardRheingold thinks that cyberspace is a conceptual space, which is spread through computer media (CMC). The development of the above-mentioned definition of cyberspace shows that the definition of cyberspace has gone through a process from phantom description to reality generalization, and people's understanding of cyberspace has gradually developed from different dimensions. Some equate cyberspace with virtual reality, some emphasize the storage and flow of information, and some define it from the perspective of computer media communication (CMC) and computer network. Some regard it as a personal conceptual space, while others highlight its socialization. Among them, there are two key elements: one is interactivity, that is, cyberspace is a communication space; The second is virtuality and anonymity, which are mainly manifested in the uniqueness of Internet identity. Obviously, the discussion of network communication and identity in cyberspace should be based on the understanding of network technology and network subculture.

External evaluation

Blocman

Barlow's articles spread all over the internet, and many people learned a lot about the debate about freedom of speech on the internet and the problems brought by the internet. He is a "North American hyena". Any email sent by Barlow is an event in cyberspace. His email tells you that he is a "cognitive dissident" and the founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (an organization dedicated to protecting civil liberties in cyberspace). His letter recorded his whereabouts: today in France, staying at Martinez Hotel in Cannes; Then, like a gust of wind, Amsterdam, Winston-Salem, San Francisco and San Jose ran around and finally returned to Pinedale, Wyoming. He also ran to the White House. He approached the homeless. He taught world-class business leaders at the Davos Economic Conference. He leads the Central Intelligence Agency. While chatting with a group of people I don't know online, I sit comfortably on Air Force II (perhaps waiting to be upgraded to Air Force 1). He knows many people worth knowing-including a group of the most beautiful and intelligent women in the world. There is a woman who is very close to him, Dr. Cynthia Horner. 1In April, 994, Cynthia died of a heart attack on the way from Los Angeles to new york-Barlow took her to the airport a few hours ago. She is a psychologist, lively and interesting. They love each other deeply and plan to spend their lives together. She died only two days before she turned 30. Barlow collapsed after the incident. Barlow put forward many viewpoints to explore what he thought was the new communication revolution phenomenon, which was well received by the academic giants present. Barlow has written numerous academic reports, including Creative Economics and the Declaration of Cyberspace Independence, but no one has written them. Fortunately, I don't represent his work.

Philosopher Paul Schaefer

Barlow is a coyote in the computer circle. He is responsible for running out, through the campfire, into the darkness, and then coming back to report what happened where he saw it, changes in all directions.

Defender/Mike Godwin Barlow borrows the early example of exploring the American West, and lets us imagine today's online world as a place similar to the original American West-a place in the process of reclamation. At the same time, he found that the "indigenous people" in this place were facing threats, and those who came to explore invaded step by step without thinking. In cyberspace, we can't make the mistakes we made when we opened up the frontier hundreds of years ago.

Politician/steve case

Barlow is an interesting person in cyberspace. Many people here are very slow. Being with Barlow is like hearing the wake-up call. Talking to him will give you an adrenaline rush.

Lover/Dave Vaina

I don't know what game Barlow is playing and what he really wants. It's not about money. Did he say something arrogant? It's not only untrue, but also dangerous. I have read his "Declaration of Independence in Cyberspace", and many people linked this article and quoted fragments on the Internet. At that time, it happened that the Communication Code Law was issued, and many people were scared to death. Barlow somehow thinks they can't catch you in cyberspace; That is wrong. Obviously, they can find you. Everyone can take his words as the backing and take great risks, but in the end, they will either go to jail, get injured or die.

Writer/John Markov

Since 1980s, many people have entered this industry. Barlow went in, just an opportunist, and found his hiding place. He likes to get close to powerful people, which is not good. He likes to travel by air force plane.

Producer Richard Wurman.

My first impression of Barlow-I guess many people are like me-he looks like a boring cowboy. However, we are all wet. Although his superior appearance is a bit unbearable, he is really smart, clear-headed and enthusiastic. Moreover, strangely enough, everyone chose him as "a kind person in the industry".

Standard citizen/Howard Rheingold

Barlow himself has formed an ecosystem of knowledge, and his uniqueness comes from his attraction. He has a keen observation on the external political reality of the new media-Internet, and his observation has become the key basis for a group of people who believe in freedom of speech, and this group of people later formed an amazing grassroots political force. But I always wanted Barlow to be careful with his words.

Prophet/david bunnell

Barlow lingers on the edge. His survival lies in his intelligence, personality and ability to entertain guests. He is the soul of this group. His eloquence and wisdom are amazing. I hope that the questions about online censorship can make him concentrate, concentrate and do something meaningful with his talents. His 100 meter hurdle runs well, but he hasn't finished a marathon yet.

The gadfly/John dvorak

Barlow is already an excellent voice actor, and he can compose music. But he is also a lyricist, so I think it makes sense. He is a poet among his peers.

Saint kevin kelly.

Barlow is a "regional senator" in cyberspace. He may be the first person to play with cyberspace as politics. He basically has an unelected seat: he speaks on behalf of the internet in many ways, although not everyone is happy to see him do so. Barlow is full of humanitarianism and mysticism, but he has rich scientific and technological knowledge and is very eloquent. He is the perfect candidate for the Senate position in cyberspace.