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."
"One Planet, One Net" symposium (10 October 1998) |
When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.
Lawrence LessigYou can't incent a dead person. No matter what we do, Hawthorne will not produce any more works, no matter how much we pay him.
Lawrence LessigAmericans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen — the Internet — has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology.
Lawrence Lessig