One may as well be optimistic. The road to catastrophe will be rougher if it's paved with dread.
John Perry BarlowI ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings.
John Perry BarlowThe one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable.
John Perry Barlow