Re: [silk] Fwd: [IP] John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier Foundation

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 6:47 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian 
wrote:

John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier
> FoundationThere is so much to say about John. The many years at the EFF
> board with him. The great memories. So much to remember.
> Dave
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/john-perry-barlow-
> internet-pioneer-1947-2018
>

​I'll miss him - with all his ego and cantankerousness, he was ​genuinely
insightful, visionary and influential. His writings helped inform many of
my thoughts about community in the online sphere, leading to him being the
second person I ever emailed (in 1994).

I got this from his daughters sometime in 2016 (which itself was the
continuation of a situation that started a few years ago), so this was a
long time coming.

>
>We, The Barlowettes, have hacked into the Barlow Friendz list to invite
you to  "Everyday Miracle: A Benefit for John Perry Barlow” - an intimate
evening of music in celebration and support of our father and
partner-in-crime.  Performers include Bob Weir, Jerry Harrison of Talking
Heads, Members of The String Cheese Incident, Sean Lennon & Les Claypool,
Lukas Nelson, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and Special Guests.
>
>Tickets for purchase here: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1347933
>
>As many of you know, Barlow has had a tumultuous year and a half, much of
which has been spent in “medical incarceration”. Due to a dizzying array of
medical events and complications, JPB has been living with extreme pain and
limited mobility since April of 2015.
>
>Tragically, even a healthy savings and robust insurance is no match for
the cost of extended convalescence in contemporary America. Thus, after 18
months of onerous outlay without any income and recently expired disability
benefits, we have reached a critical juncture where we must reach out to
you, his fellow innovators, artists, cowboys, and partners-in-crime, to
help us in making sure that we are able to provide the quality of care
necessary for Barlow’s recovery.
>
>What better way to ensure Barlow’s wellbeing than a celebration!
>
>Your support (whether through benefit attendance, auction purchase, or
donation) is both an expression of love and caring for his comfort, and a
vote for keeping the planetary treasure that is Barlow’s body and brilliant
mind churning out rare insight and pioneering action as long as he is able.
>
>All proceeds from the event will go directly towards Barlow's care and
recovery.
>
>The John Perry Barlow Wellness Trust is also accepting donations and even
has a live auction site for rare gems. It can be accessed anytime through
this website: http://www.johnperrybarlow-wellnesstrust.com/

>
>We hope to see you there!
>
>Love and Gratitude,
>Leah, Anna & Amelia Barlow
>



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[silk] Fwd: [IP] John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier Foundation

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

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Subject: [IP] John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic 
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John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier 
FoundationThere is so much to say about John. The many years at the EFF board 
with him. The great memories. So much to remember. 
Dave
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/john-perry-barlow-internet-pioneer-1947-2018

John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018Cindy CohnFebruary 7, 2018

With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF's founder, visionary, and our 
ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his sleep this 
morning. We will miss Barlow and his wisdom for decades to come, and he will 
always be an integral part of EFF.

It is no exaggeration to say that major parts of the Internet we all know and 
love today exist and thrive because of Barlow’s vision and leadership. He 
always saw the Internet as a fundamental place of freedom, where voices long 
silenced can find an audience and people can connect with others regardless of 
physical distance.

Barlow was sometimes held up as a straw man for a kind of naive 
techno-utopianism that believed that the Internet could solve all of humanity's 
problems without causing any more. As someone who spent the past 27 years 
working with him at EFF, I can say that nothing could be further from the 
truth. Barlow knew that new technology could create and empower evil as much as 
it could create and empower good. He made a conscious decision to focus on the 
latter: "I knew it’s also true that a good way to invent the future is to 
predict it. So I predicted Utopia, hoping to give Liberty a running start 
before the laws of Moore and Metcalfe delivered up what Ed Snowden now 
correctly calls 'turn-key totalitarianism.'”

Barlow’s lasting legacy is that he devoted his life to making the Internet into 
“a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, 
economic power, military force, or station of birth . . . a world where anyone, 
anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear 
of being coerced into silence or conformity.”

In the days and weeks to come, we will be talking and writing more about what a 
extraordinary role Barlow played for the Internet and the world. And as always, 
we will continue the work to fulfill his dream.


  

  
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