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Lawrence Lessig to change politics as usual (or not)

Lawrence Lessig (famed intellectual property lawyer) is raising money and attention to run for congress. He's talking about changing politics as usual. Trying to reduce the role of money in politics. Make this a national campaign to reform congress as a whole. Who knows. I like Lessig a lot, but changing politics is a tall order.

created Feb 20, 2008 by todd

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todd Feb 20, 2008

as my former colleague jason says: "politics is a prisoner's dilemma"
todd Feb 20, 2008

heh
whileone Feb 20, 2008

my former colleague todd is a human irc to webchat proxy.
todd Feb 20, 2008

whileone
jessica Feb 20, 2008

I'm not sure what to think about Lessig as a congressman. On the one hand, it would be great to have another person working for good there. On the other hand, it seems like government eats a lot of people who could be bring change quicker by other means. Well, I don't have to really think about it until he declares his candidacy.
David S. Feb 21, 2008

It is a good thing. Fill the mouth of the beast with enough chewy idealists and eventually it will [please finish this metaphor.]