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Lawrence Lessig is a distinguished political activist and legal scholar, recognized for his work in intellectual property law, copyright, and governance. He has been a professor at Harvard Law School and is the founder of the Creative Commons movement.

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“As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public issues. It is easy to be wrong and misguided in your head. It is harder when the product of your mind can be criticized by others. Of course, it is a rare human who admits that he has been persuaded that he is wrong. But it is even rarer for a human to ignore when he has been proven wrong. The writing of ideas, arguments, and criticism improves democracy.”

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Book:Free Culture

Source: Free Culture

“I am a big supporter of experiments to complement representative gov't with randomly selected representative bodies of citizens, sure. I think most Americans would be surprised to learn just how much better we are at gov't than our gov't.”

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“I'm all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don't favor direct democracy. We're busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov't must make all the time?”

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“I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption that now makes it so Washington can't work.”

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“Under the principle of equality, we should get as close to respecting equal votes of every citizen as we can, given our constitutional structure. And I think if we did that, then the will of the people would not be overturned.”

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“Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law.”

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Book:Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity

Source: Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity

“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."”

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Author:Lawrence Lessig

About the Author

Born: June 3, 1961
Known for: Political activist
Quotes: 122

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The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected WorldRelated source material

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Remix: Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economyRelated source material

Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0Related source material

Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop ItRelated source material

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