Larry Lessig delivered a 60-minute lecture with the title “Coding Against Corruption” at this year’s ETech conference in that inimitable Lessig style — terse, punchy wording punctuated by rapid flips between one- to two-word slides. As you’ve probably heard, Lessig has switched gears from copyright to corruption — a significant escalation. While Lessig did a [...]
One day, I will find the time and energy to write about subjects other than cool EFF-related events. Until then, feast your eyes on this announcement for the EFF Pioneer Awards in San Diego. If you’re in town for ETech or live around San Diego and simply want to hang out, come on down! Come [...]
An Adbusters article titled “Generation F*cked: How Britain is Eating Its Young” confirmed some of my recently surfaced fears about growing up in the new millennium. I worry that “depth” is slowly disappearing as a cultural value—that we’re experiencing a “mass shallowing” of our cultural experience. This shallowing comes courtesy of a slew of minute, [...]