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Audio version (with JPB himself): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/conventions/act-three https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/conventions/act-three

• walterbell 9y ago
  If 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 ago
    Man, 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 ago
      Such 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...