Larry Lessig, Stanford intellectual extraordinaire and founder of Creative Commons, is here at Harvard Law School to talk about his new campaign Change Congress as part of the Berkman@10 lecture series.He begins with a quote from Ronald Reagan: "A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can ... Leer más
Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, the founder of Creative Commons, is considering running for Congress as part of a movement to Change Congress. Are you moved by his message? If so, join the Draft Lessig Facebook group and show your support.
Selección de lecturas gratuitas En la barra lateral tenemos un cuadro de "Libros Gratis", donde hasta el momento hemos mostrado los ocho libros siguientes, incluyendo el enlace a la dirección de Internet desde donde pueden ser bajados gratuitamente: - Nosotros, el medio (We, the media, en castellano), Shayne Bowman y ... Leer más
Why does Congress listen to special interests more than voters? It's more than money.Yesterday I made a rather smart-alecky comment:"If donors are paying Senator Bill Frist $193,105 and the American tax-payers are paying him $175,700, it's not quite clear who he's working for." But really, that's not such a ... Leer más
A: Your Congressman is working for special interests and elections are the reason. We Americans are pretty proud of our democracy. While we didn't exactly invent the thing (that would the ancient Greeks and then the French philosophes), we are the first country in the modern world with an elected ... Leer más
When considering my career, I've often thought of who I'd like to be like, which public figure I'd like to emulate. The person I come up with most often is Larry Lessig. He's a public intellectual and also an activist. He's no Che Guevara (and neither am I), but he's ... Leer más