I find focusing clearly on the problem is the first step to seeing a solution. The problem is (a) the insane amount of time spent raising money from (b) a freakishly tiny proportion of America. Basically .05% are the "relevant funders" of campaigns, meaning candidates can't help but be overly sensitive to the views of that tiny fraction relative to the rest of us. IF that's the problem, THEN the solution is to spread the funders out: to increase the range of us who are the relevant funders of elections, through schemes like vouchers or coupons given to every voter.
Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before. - Lawrence Lessig
Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before.
- Lawrence Lessig
A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom. - Lawrence Lessig
A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
Why should it be that just when technology is most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive? - Lawrence Lessig
Why should it be that just when technology is most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive?
We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut." - Lawrence Lessig
We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut."
A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1% is a world where that tiny, tiny fr… - Lawrence Lessig
A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1% is a world where that tiny, tiny fr…
I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're not going to do anything ti… - Lawrence Lessig
I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're not going to do anything ti…
If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build up… - Lawrence Lessig
If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build up…
Believing we know what makes prosperity work, ignoring the nature of the actual prosperity all around, we change the rules within which the Internet … - Lawrence Lessig
Believing we know what makes prosperity work, ignoring the nature of the actual prosperity all around, we change the rules within which the Internet …
Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally. - Lawrence Lessig
Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.
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