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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Moyers with Laurence Lessing on "Recent Revelations of NSA Spying"
Bill Moyers:
"Whatever your take on recent revelations about government spying on our phone calls and Internet...here's my interview with Laurence Lessing"
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Bill Moyers with Laurence Lessing on "Recent Revelations of NSA Spying" (Original Post)
KoKo
Jun 2013
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octoberlib
(14,971 posts)1. Lawrence Lessig is awesome
Last edited Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Lawyer and activist Lawrence Lessig spent a decade arguing for sensible intellectual property law, updated for the digital age. He was a founding board member of Creative Commons, an organization that builds better copyright practices through principles established first by the open-source software community.
In 2007, just after his last TED Talk, Lessig announced he was leaving the field of IP and Internet policy, and moving on to a more fundamental problem that blocks all types of sensible policy -- the corrupting influence of money in American politics.
In 2011, Lessig founded Rootstrikers, an organization dedicated to changing the influence of money in Congress. In his latest book, Republic, Lost, he shows just how far the U.S. has spun off course -- and how citizens can regain control. As The New York Times wrote about him, Mr. Lessigs vision is at once profoundly pessimistic -- the integrity of the nation is collapsing under the best of intentions --and deeply optimistic. Simple legislative surgery, he says, can put the nation back on the path to greatness.
In 2007, just after his last TED Talk, Lessig announced he was leaving the field of IP and Internet policy, and moving on to a more fundamental problem that blocks all types of sensible policy -- the corrupting influence of money in American politics.
In 2011, Lessig founded Rootstrikers, an organization dedicated to changing the influence of money in Congress. In his latest book, Republic, Lost, he shows just how far the U.S. has spun off course -- and how citizens can regain control. As The New York Times wrote about him, Mr. Lessigs vision is at once profoundly pessimistic -- the integrity of the nation is collapsing under the best of intentions --and deeply optimistic. Simple legislative surgery, he says, can put the nation back on the path to greatness.
http://www.ted.com/speakers/larry_lessig.html
KoKo
(84,711 posts)2. It was an excellent watch the way through... Thanks for the reply!
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)5. Thanks for posting! nt
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)4. "Simple legislative surgery."
The image that comes to mind is trying to circumcise Godzilla.
malaise
(269,254 posts)6. K & R n/t
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. K/R for Larry Lessig.... (nt)
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)7. excellent
thanks for posting
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)8. k and r
KoKo
(84,711 posts)9. Another kick for Good Watch on NSA Spying Scandal
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)11. Wow I didn't know Eisenhower's original
draft of his final speech warned about the 'military industrial CONGRESSIONAL complex' -- that pretty much blew my mind.