Notions of property, value, ownership, and the nature of wealth itself are changing more fundamentally than at any time since the Sumerians first poked cuneiform into wet clay and called it stored grain ... few people are aware of the enormity of this shift and fewer of them are lawyers or public officials.

I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.

Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age.

One can imagine the government's problem. This is all pretty magical stuff to them. If I were trying to terminate the operations of a witch coven, I'd probably seize everything in sight. How would I tell the ordinary household brooms from the getaway vehicles?

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy.

One may as well be optimistic. The road to catastrophe will be rougher if it's paved with dread.