Posts Tagged ‘ Lawrence Lessig ’

Political reform and gun control in the US

April 4, 2013
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What is the most important problem facing Americans today? Gallup has been polling Americans on this question and their data, which is divided into two categories (economic and non-economic), can be found here. On the economic front, Americans are concerned about the economy in general (24%), unemployment (16%), federal debt (13%), lack of money (4%), and taxes (2%). In the non-economic category, the main concerns are  dissatisfaction with government (20%), healthcare (7%), illegal aliens (5%), education (4%), gun control (4%), and religious decline (4%). Interestingly, only 2% of Americans mention environmental concerns as the most serious problem facing the nation. And…

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Aaron’s Law: law and justice in a digital age (lecture by Lawrence Lessig)

March 6, 2013
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In his inaugural speech as the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School,  Lawrence Lessig,  a cyber-law expert and self-described mentee of Aaron Swarts, talks about Aaron’s life, his activism, and his ideas for a better world. He also discusses copyright and the access to information–not in the sense of access to the latest entertainment products, but rather access to academic material, government data, and other important information.

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