With the development of the Internet...we are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire. I used to think that it was just the biggest thing since Gutenberg, but now I think you have to go back farther.

I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.

God's jokes are the soul's curriculum.

I have a feeling Virtual Reality will further expose the conceit that 'reality' is a fact. It will provide another reminder of the seamless continuity between the world outside and the world within, delivering another major hit to the old fraud of objectivity. 'Real,' as Kevin Kelly put it, 'is going to be one of the most relative words we'll have.'

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.