Forbes cypherpunk article

From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Fri Aug 29 1997 - 18:29:30 MDT


Check out the latest issue of Forbes magazine. The cover story is about the
"cyber-libertarians", profiles Sameer Parekh, quotes David Friedman and does
a fair job of describing private digital currency. The basic ideas of the
cypherpunks are given a fairly positive treatment. More "mainstreaming" of
some of our core ideas. Here's the "snag line" from the article:

   They're wirehead heirs to Thomas
   Jefferson: libertarian computer geeks
   plotting a cryptographic revolution.

You can read the article at http://www.forbes/com

Greg Burch <Gburch1@aol.com>----<burchg@liddellsapp.com>
   Attorney ::: Director, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
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              be driven into practice with courageous impatience."
                      -- Admiral Hyman G. Rickover



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