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Re:High Tech High Life: William Gibson and Timothy Leary in ... by blacksmith_tb on Saturday February 19, 2022 @02:11PM (#30399619)
I am betting that meant that the tech scene had a stronger libertarian vibe then (a la John Perry Barlow, say). Of course, some critics (I'm thinking of Curtis' Hypernormalization[1]) would say that was more like a retreat from reality.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation

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Re:High Tech High Life: William Gibson and Timothy Leary in ... by morelisp on Sunday February 20, 2022 @03:13PM (#30408903)
Keep in mind that Barlow was heavily involved in the GOP. Libertarian yes, but also always on the right to a significant degree.

As a radical liberatory movement this was all doomed from the start.

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