Freedom Is About Stopping The Past.

Overregulation Stifles Creativity. It Smothers Innovation. It Gives Dinosaurs A Veto Over The Future. It Wastes The Extraordinary Opportunity For A Democratic Creativity That Digital Technology Enables.

One Theme Of What I've Been Writing Has Been To Get People To Understand That "apolitical" Means "you Lose." It Doesn't Mean You Live A Utopian Life Free Of Politicians' Influence. The Destruction Of The Public Domain Is The Clearest Example, But It Will Only Be The First.

While The Creative Works From The 16th Century Can Still Be Accessed And Used By Others, The Data In Some Software Programs From The 1990s Is Already Inaccessible.

All Around Us Are The Consequences Of The Most Significant Technological, And Hence Cultural, Revolution In Generations.

Monopoly Controls Have Been The Exception In Free Societies; They Have Been The Rule In Closed Societies.