{"id":151384,"date":"2026-03-07T23:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/?p=151384"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:17:57","slug":"declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaration of the Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">30 years a 1 month later, it seems like an apt time to revisit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/cyberspace-independence\">John Perry Barlow&#8217;s Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace<\/a>. The poetry is amazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. 30 years a 1 month later, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/declaration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Declaration of the Independence<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbWEudHRcL2ZpbGVzXC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvUGhvdG8tb24tMjAyMC0xMC0yOC1hdC0yLjA1LVBNLTEtMTAyNHg2ODIuanBnIiwidHh0IjoiRGVjbGFyYXRpb24gb2YgdGhlIEluZGVwZW5kZW5jZSIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZnVsbHNjcmVlbiIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxMDQ3ODY1fQ.J2DNHjx0ioHdfrEN7vWvovZ606gw-_E0UHBuVb6qZcUMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-asides","post_format-post-format-quote"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/declaration\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Declaration of the Independence","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/declaration\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/declaration\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Asides","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-03-08T07:57:11Z","datePublished":"2026-03-08T07:57:11Z","dateModified":"2026-03-08T08:17:57Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Declaration of the Independence\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/declaration\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/declaration\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Asides\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matt\"}],\"creator\":[\"Matt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Matt Mullenweg\",\"logo\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-03-08T07:57:11Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-08T07:57:11Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-08T08:17:57Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/ma.tt\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oB3-DnG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44896,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2015\/03\/declaration-of-the-independence-of-cyberspace\/","url_meta":{"origin":151384,"position":0},"title":"Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace","author":"Matt","date":"March 31, 2015","format":"quote","excerpt":"Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. 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