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Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?
WIRED takes a look at one of Silicon Valley’s most influential ideologies.
Zoë Schiffer: My favorite David Sacks story is that shortly after his company went public and he became like a multi, multi-millionaire, billionaire, he hosted a 40th birthday party that was Marie Antoinette themed. I think if you look at where Silicon Valley originally got labeled as libertarian, you have to look back at the Declaration of Independence for Cyberspace, which was written in 1996 by John Perry Barlow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he basically says in so many words, "Government, you are not invited into this space. But I do think that things have gotten so dire in our society with the rich, poor gap and the balance of power that universal basic income could provide a good leveling force with the forward march of technology.
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