Where Christian clergy might sign a letter “yours in Christ,” Kopimists write, “Copy and seed.” They have no god. “We see the world as built on copies,” Gerson told me. “We often talk about originality; we don’t believe there’s any such thing. It’s certainly that way with life—most parts of the world, from DNA to manufacturing, are built by copying.” The highest form of worship, he said, is the remix: “You use other people’s works to make something better.