John Perry Barlow

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Person.png John Perry Barlow   Sourcewatch Website WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(musician, poet, activist, spook?)
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Born1947-10-03
Sublette County, Wyoming, United States
Died2018-02-07 (Age 70)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWesleyan University
Founder ofElectronic Frontier Foundation

John Perry Barlow was a member of the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

“The economy of the future is based on relationships rather than possessions.”
John Perry Barlow [1]

Activities

He was a member of the WhoWhatWhy Advisory Board when he died in 2018.[2]

Barlow introduced the Grateful Dead to Timothy Leary, who was inextricably linked with the CIA.[3]

Barlow, in 2002, admitted in a Forbes magazine interview ironically titled "Why Spy?" that he spent time at CIA headquarters at Langley.[4]

Publications

Barlow's last book was scheduled for publication on the day he died.[2]

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