Technolibertarianism
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Technolibertarianism, sometimes referred to as cyberlibertarianism, is a political ideology with roots in the Internet's early hacker cypherpunk culture in Silicon Valley in the early 1990s and in American libertarianism. The ideology focuses on minimizing government regulation, censorship, or anything else in the way of a "free" World Wide Web. In this case, the word "free" is referring to the meaning of libre (no restrictions), not gratis (no cost). Cyber-libertarians embrace fluid, meritocratic hierarchies, which are believed to be best served by markets. The most widely known cyberlibertarian is Julian Assange. The term technolibertarian was popularized in critical discourse by technology writer Paulina Borsook in her 2000 book, Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech.
Notable proponents
See also
- Broligarchy
- Censorship of Wikipedia
- Crypto-anarchism
- Free-culture movement
- Freedom of information
- Freedom of speech
- Information wants to be free
- Internet freedom
- Libertarian transhumanism
- Technocapitalism
- Technocracy
- The Californian Ideology
Further reading
- Assange, Julian (2012). . New York: OR Books. ISBN978-1-939293-00-8.
- Douglas, James (15 December 2015). . The Awl.
- Golumbia, David (2024). . Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN9781517918149.