Cell phones make a lot of sense from a certain standpoint. They're great for calling and for a certain kind of e-mail. But if you want to experience cyberspace in any meaningful way you can't do it with a cell phone.
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I was a rebellious kid, and my father was a politician, ... Over the course of my fourteenth year, my Mormon Boy Scout troop turned into a motorcycle gang. We all bought little Honda motorcycles. We thought we were a lot worse than we probably were, but the locals thought we were bad enough. My father was told that if he ever wanted to get re-elected anything, he was going to have to get me the hell out of sight. So he sent me off to prep school, and there I met the guy Bob Weir who was going to become the rhythm guitar player for the Grateful Dead, and he and I have been one another's official best friend ever since.John Barlow
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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