From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 94 11:03:31 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Cyberspace, Crypto Anarchy, and Pushing Limits
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>The problem I have is that it is not clear that cyberspace is a space,
>[...]  These physical, 2-D and 3-D concepts do not map well
>to cyberspace.

A mathematical space need not be linear, even locally, and therefore
it need not have dimensionality.  While the use of the word space
started as a reference to our spatial experience, it has generalized
out of that restriction.

>For a concrete example, who owns the Cypherpunks list?  Tim and Eric started
>it, Eric keeps the software working, and John Gilmore supplies the machine,
>as I understand it (apologies if I am leaving someone out).  

Here's how I explained it a recent cypherpunks meeting:

	John Gilmore is the pope.  He owns the hardware.
	Hugh Daniel is the cardinal.  He does much of the maintenance.
	Eric Hughes is the king.  He looks like a figurehead.

Insert your own conception of divine right of kings, etc., in order to
complete the analogy.  Should I ever move the list to my own hardware
and net connection, I get to be Napoleon.

Eric