Oh, behave!

Dette er en kopi av en e-post. John Perry Barlow sendte sine venner på sin egen bursdag i 2007. Da fylte han 60 år og så tilbake på hva han hadde skrevet ned for seg selv som prinsipper han skulle ha som mål å etterleve. 

John Perry Barlow døde i forrige uke og om navnet ikke er kjent for deg så er han en pioner i miljøet EEF (som han var med å starte) som kjemper for nettnøytralitet (sjekk hvor viktig dette er for DEG).

Slike leveregler er alltid litt pinlige å sitere eller publisere, men akkurat disse synes jeg er i "min gate" - og jeg kan selv lese dem og reflektere over hvert enkelt prinsipp.

PRINCIPLES OF ADULT BEHAVIOR  1.      Be patient.  No matter what. 2.      Don't badmouth:         Assign responsibility, never blame.         Say nothing behind another's back you'd be unwilling to say, in exactly the same tone and language, to his face. 3.      Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you. 4.      Expand your sense of the possible. 5.      Don't trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change. 6.      Expect no more of anyone than you yourself can deliver. 7.      Tolerate ambiguity. 8.      Laugh at yourself frequently. 9.      Concern yourself with what is right rather than whom is right. 10.     Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong. 11.     Give up blood sports. 12.     Remember that your life belongs to others as well.  Do not endanger it frivolously.  And never endanger the life of another. 13.     Never lie to anyone for any reason. 14.     Learn the needs of those around you and respect them. 15.     Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that. 16.     Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun. 17.     Praise at least as often as you disparage. 18.     Never let your errors pass without admission. 19.     Become less suspicious of joy. 20.     Understand humility. 21      Forgive. 22.     Foster dignity. 23.     Live memorably. 24.     Love yourself. 25.     Endure.  I don't expect the perfect attainment of these principles.  However, I post them as a standard for my conduct as an adult.  Should any of my friends or colleagues catch me violating any one of them, bust me.                                                                   John Perry Barlow  October 3, 1977