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Technology = freedom?
Source: Reason/Forbes ASAP
Author: Virginia I. Postrel
Country: United States

Virginia Postrel addresses the issue of whether technology is inherently liberating. She reminds techo-optimists that "institutions get changed not by machines but by human action." (08/95)

Their own worst enemies
Source: Forbes ASAP
Author: Virginia Postrel
Country: United States

"Should cyberspace be free to evolve its own institutions and ideas because it is new and different from everything that has gone before? Or should it be free because, in fact, cyberspace is very much like the rest of human culture?"

Robert Heinlein Quotes
Source: Freedom's Nest
Country: United States

Heinlein was the grand master of science fiction, and a hardcore individualist. He inspired millions with his libertarian novels like "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."

Pilgrim's Egress
Source: Pulpless.Com
Author: J. Neil Schulman
Country: United States

Published in New Libertarian, this is an allegory regarding the "ship of state" and why it was built, and what might happen when you leave the ship and hit dry land.

Thomas Jefferson for Patron Saint of the Internet
Source: TJ-PSI
Author: Charles Curley
Country: United States
E-mail: ccurley@trib.com

Curiously, Mr. Curley thinks that a technological triumph like the Internet needs religious iconography; to wit, a patron saint. After seeing his nominee, it's difficult to disagree ...

Technology, progress, and freedom
Source: Ideas on Liberty
Author: Edward W. Younkins
Country: United States
E-mail: fee@free-market.net

Younkins explains the crucial role technology plays in enhancing our freedom, and how freedom is the best rubric under which new technologies can be developed. (01/00)

Who makes life better for you?
Source: WorldNetDaily
Author: Harry Browne
Country: United States

Browne looks at the revolutionary breakthroughs of the last three centuries and credits them to freedom, not government. Find out why. (05/29/01)

Anarchies, states and utopias
Source: Reason
Author: Jesse Walker
Country: United Kingdom

British author Ken MacLeod, a former Trotskyite, has won wide acclaim for his visions of the future -- such as Prometheus Award winner "The Cassini Division" -- that feature competing "utopias" with libertarian societies existing alongside socialist ones. (11/00)

Space: the 'final frontier' of wayward government waste?
Source: LP News
Author: Peter Orvetti
Country: United States

"Washington, we have a problem," writes Orvetti. After the political rationale for space exploration diminished, so did space exploration. "How can we get back on track in space? One answer: Take NASA off the government dole, and let private enterprise blast off in its place." (05/01)

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