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JPB on meeting a partner on an evening when he was due to roast Steve Jobs at a NeXT Expo. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/transcript#act3 https://www.this
by mattl 9y ago
JPB on meeting a partner on an evening when he was due to roast Steve Jobs at a NeXT Expo.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/transcript#act3 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/transcript#act3
- jacquesm 9y agoHoly crap that is some story. Thank you for posting that link.
- jnaina 9y agoI was at the 1993 NeXT Expo and remember seeing JPB. Never quite understood his background at that time. But was intrigued by his connection to Steve Jobs and NeXT.
- Cogito 9y agoWell, I wasn't prepared for that. Almost skipped over it, so anyone else trailing through who catches this, go and read it.
- sulam 9y agoHoly crap. Thanks for the pointer.
- ts_quint 9y agoWow, I'm really glad I read this comment. Thank you. What an unbelievably amazing story.
- chrisweekly 9y agoYeah. Wow. Powerful stuff.
- hoistbypetard 9y agoThanks for adding that. I was set to skip over that too. Holy crap, that was great. And it might be my new favorite piece of Ira Glass' work.
- jeffpalmer 9y agoIncredible story. Thanks for sharing the link.
- nofilter 9y agoHoly crap. This blew my mind. I haven't heard or read a story this good in ages.
- kankroc 9y agoDefinitely worth a read.
- myth_drannon 9y agoThanks. Very emotional read.
- praneshp 9y agoShould have stopped 1/3rd of the way into the transcript. Thanks for sharing.
- kristofferR 9y agoAudio version (with JPB himself): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/conventions/act-three https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/conventions/act-three
- walterbell 9y agoIf you've already read the transcript, see his statement: https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/cynthia.html https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/... 1993-1994 was also an important period for the legal case which motivated the creation of the EFF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation...
- Unknoob 9y agoMan, the interview was kinda hard to read, but that statement destroyed me. What a moving tale. Makes me want to believe in the afterlife just so he could be reunited with her
- dsnuh 9y agoSuch a wonderful story, and one I hope we all get a chance to relate to at some point in our lives. His last descriptions of the sky and how heaven might look reminded me of this part from a poem by Jacques Prevet: Our Father who art in heaven Stay there And we'll stay here on earth Which is sometimes so pretty Full poem: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/667126-pater-noster-our-father-who-art-in-heaven-stay-there https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/667126-pater-noster-our-fat...
- klenwell 9y agoa founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and former rancher and Grateful Dead lyricist Now that's a life lived.
- smhenderson 9y agoYeah, I was a big Dead Head in the 80's and loved JPB for what he had done with Bob Weir and the rest of the band. Years later I learned about the EFF as part of diving deep into tech in general. It took me another five or so to put together the fact that the JPB I knew and loved was the guy who started the EFF. It felt neat to have my past and present collide a little like that. RIP Mr. Barlow, you will be sorely missed.
- andyjohnson0 9y agoVery moving and sad. He wrote about her here: https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/cynthia.html https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/...
- aban 9y agoThank you so much for sharing this. This, and When Worlds Collide, are some of the most touching pieces I've ever read. Rest in peace John.
- joncrane 9y agoOw. That actually hurt.
- marrs 9y ago"UNIX weenies by Armani" :) EDIT: OK, just made it to the end. Didn't really feel I could leave the above as my entire reply to such a profound story.
- pmarreck 9y agoSo, someone else who thinks that sometimes they can see souls in the light of beings’ eyes. At least I know I’m not the only crazy person. Sadly it is entirely unprovable to others. It would be like trying to prove to someone who’s never eaten chocolate before, that chocolate is this totally awesome thing. (And what is chocolate, really, but an entirely subjective sublime experience?) Funny thing, though, that I can say about it (and which is entirely in agreement with his account)... If you ever manage to see theirs, they will be able to see yours, too. Rest easy, JPB. You’re hopefully back with your tribe.
- perch56 9y agoThis is an incredible story. Strangely enough this is what John Perry Barlow shared on Instagram last December: “I met my precious granddaughter today. She feels inexplicably familiar to me.” https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc-zR3TlIoz/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc-zR3TlIoz/
- brianzelip 9y ago#unixweeniesbyarmani
- sente 9y agoThank you for sharing