When today’s billionaires talk about liberty, they mean freedom from taxes and regulations. When Wilson wrote about liberty, he meant freedom from mental prisons and social control. His libertarianism stems from compassion and human connection, rather than greed or self-interest. The essays in A Non-Euclidean Perspective reveal a thinker as distant from today’s tech-bro libertarians as the teachings of Jesus are from prosperity gospel preachers. Where modern libertarians worship the market, Wilson celebrated human potential and warned against all forms of dogma and power — whether wielded by the state or a corporation. Wilson understood that true freedom requires breaking everyone’s chains, not building higher walls around private compounds. 

– Mark Frauenfelder, Co-founder of Boing Boing