| John Perry Barlow responds to Reality, C'est Moi! | the other experts say |
Yes and no. They already own television. They don't own The New York Times–yet–and they will never own the Blogosphere. Moreover, stories are collectively owned by all the human beings who tell them, as well as all who listen. The Empire can heavily influence those stories by their possession of the broadcast media, but I have faith in the renegade spirit of humanity to persist in telling our personal truths. Moreover, there remains science, a religion which continues to dominate despite the best efforts of radical monotheist and credulous fools of all sorts. John Perry Barlow, Cognitive Dissident; Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Berkman Fellow, Harvard Law School |
Marty Kaplan, Associate Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Host of "So What Else
Is News?" on Air America Radio, writes, "The cheerful underwriting credits on public radio for Wal-Mart are already written
by George Orwell" Read on
Professor Marc Redfield says, "What does a sober theory adequate to the reality of a crackpot
reality look like?" Read on |
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