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Jim talks with Jordan Hall about the relationship between humanity and advanced AI. They discuss the false dichotomy of state vs market control of AI, the commons & the church as organizing principles, community vs society, why alignment with humanity is by definition impossible, the role of symbols & organizing principles in communities, how Moloch & Mammon shape AI development, hyper-concentration of power, neo-feudalism, the possibility of an AI singleton, entropy in communities, an alternative path centered on intimate AI, individual values, integrity, restoration of the commons, the potential for rapid dissemination, the choice between good & expediency, mutual self-correction, collective action guided by higher values, the need for a properly functioning priestly class, and much more. Jordan's tweet Jim's response JRS EP8 – Jordan “Greenhall” Hall and Game B JRS EP26 – Jordan Hall on the Game B Emergence JRS EP 170 – John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall on The Religion That Is Not a Religion JRS EP 223 – Jordan Hall on Cities, Civiums, and Becoming Christian JRS EP 255 Is God Real? (with Jordan Hall) JRS EP 281 - Jeff Hawkins and Viviane Clay on the Thousand Brains Theory Jordan Hall is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He is now in his 17th year of building disruptive technology companies. Jordan's interests in comics, science fiction, computers, and way too much TV led to a deep dive into contemporary philosophy (particularly the works of Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda), artificial intelligence and complex systems science, and then, as the Internet was exploding into the world, a few years at Harvard Law School where he spent time with Larry Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain and Cornel West examining the coevolution of human civilization and technology.

Ten years ago, political scientists Martin Gilens of Princeton and Benjamin Page of Northwestern took an extraordinary data set compiled by Gilens and a small army of researchers and set out to determine whether America could still credibly call itself a democracy. They used case studies 1,800 policy proposals over 30 years, tracking how they made their way through the political system and whose interests were served by outcomes. For small D democrats, the results were devastating. Political outcomes overwhelmingly favored very wealthy people, corporations, and business groups. The influence of ordinary citizens, meanwhile, was at a “non-significant, near-zero level.” America, they concluded, was not a democracy at all, but a functional oligarchy.  Fast forward to 2024 and a presidential campaign that saw record support by billionaires for both candidates, but most conspicuously for Republican candidate Donald Trump from Tesla and Starlink owner Elon Musk, the world's richest man. That prompted outgoing President Joe Biden, in his farewell address, to warn Americans about impending oligarchy—something Gilens and Page said was already a fait accompli ten years before. And as if on cue, the new president put billionaire tech bro supporters like Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg front and center at his inauguration and has given Musk previously unimaginable power to dismantle and reshape the federal government through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. So what does it mean that American oligarchy is now so brazenly out in the open?  Joining host Ralph Ranalli are Harvard Kennedy School Professor Archon Fung and Harvard Law School Professor Larry Lessig, who say it could an inflection point that will force Americans to finally confront the country's trend toward rule by the wealthy, but that it's by no means certain that that direction can be changed anytime soon. Archon Fung is a democratic theorist and faculty director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at HKS. Larry Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and a 2016 presidential candidate whose central campaign theme was ridding politics of the corrupting influence of money. Archon Fung's Policy Recommendations:Involve the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in monitoring executive orders and changes to the federal government being made by President Trump, Elon Musk, and other Trump proxies.Demand transparency from Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency about their actions in federal agencies, what changes and modifications they are making to systems, and an accounting of what information they have access to.Lawrence Lessig's Policy Recommendations:Build support for a test court case to overturn the legality of Super PACs, which are allowed to raise unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates.Experiment with alternative campaign funding mechanisms, such as a voucher program that would give individuals public money that they could pledge to political candidates.Urge Democratic Party leaders to lead by example and outlaw Super PAC participation in Democratic primaries.Episode Notes:Archon Fung is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government and director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Kennedy School. at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research explores policies, practices, and institutional designs that deepen the quality of democratic governance. He focuses upon public participation, deliberation, and transparency. His books include “Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency” (Cambridge University Press, with Mary Graham and David Weil) and “Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy” (Princeton University Press). He has authored five books, four edited collections, and over fifty articles appearing in professional journals. He holds two S.B.s — in philosophy and physics — and a Ph.D. in political science from MIT.Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Prior to returning to Harvard, he taught at Stanford Law School, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Lessig is the founder of Equal Citizens and a founding board member of Creative Commons, and serves on the Scientific Board of AXA Research Fund. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, he was once cited by The New Yorker as “the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era,” Lessig has turned his focus from law and technology to institutional corruption and the corrupting influence of money on democracy, which led to his entering the 2016 Democratic primary for president. He has written 11 books, including “They Don't Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy” in 2019. He holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge University, and a JD from Yale.Ralph Ranalli of the HKS Office of Communications and Public Affairs is the host, producer, and editor of HKS PolicyCast. A former journalist, public television producer, and entrepreneur, he holds an BA in political science from UCLA and a master's in journalism from Columbia University.Scheduling and logistical support for PolicyCast is provided by Lillian Wainaina.Design and graphics support is provided by Laura King and the OCPA Design Team. Web design and social media promotion support is provided by Catherine Santrock and Natalie Montaner of the OCPA Digital Team. Editorial support is provided by Nora Delaney and Robert O'Neill of the OCPA Editorial Team.  

My guest today is Larry Lessig, Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Larry is the author of numerous influential books and articles, including Code 2.0 (2006), which we discuss at length in this episode. If you have been listening to Scaling Theory since the very beginning, you probably remember that I cited a couple of books that changed my perception of everything in the first episode. Code 2.0 is one of these books. Larry Lessig develops what he calls the “pathetic dot theory,” in which he explains that all things are influenced by four constraints: the law, economic forces, norms, and architecture. In this conversation, Larry and I talk about the importance of these four constraints in the digital economy and assess which ones have scaled the most in recent years. We also explore how complexity science can contribute to Larry's theory by seeing the dots and their constraints as a complex network. We then steer our conversation toward open source in AI, examine how regulation at the hardware layer could solve software issues, and consider whether we can trust our institutions and current regulations to do so, or if we need to scale other institutions for that purpose. I hope you enjoy our discussion. References: Code 2.0 (2006) https://lessig.org/product/codev2/ Code (1999) https://lessig.org/product/code/ You can follow me on X (@ProfSchrepel) and BlueSky (@profschrepel) to receive regular updates.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER This episode contains commentary only on the first and fourth amendments of the US constitution. It is not legal advice. The guest is not an attorney. Do not use this episode to make decisions about what is right for you regarding these constitutional amendments. Jordan Regenie is the founder and principal consultant at Peace, Love, Freedom LLC. This is a strategy consultancy for "scaling the acquisition, processing, and production of high-quality geospatial data products" . I came across Jordan on LinkedIn through an article he wrote about working on Bing Maps. I immediately knew I had to request an episode to continue the story Stephanie May started telling about how the tech companies all made their own base maps over the past decade. He has a fantastic story to tell. We also leveraged his law background to answer some questions a new migrant to the US might have about the first and fourth amendments. This was prompted by another one of his articles, on fourth amendment implications for geospatial. Overall an incredibly fruitful conversation for me. This is because his response to my question about the first amendment involved mentioning Larry Lessig's 4 modalities of change. These are law, markets, norms and architecture. This was a really helpful framework to begin to tackle a hard problem where change is necessary. I really recommend listening to that part of the discussion. Jordan's patience, thoughtfulness and obvious taste for adventure made him a great guest and we are so very privileged to have had him on. THE GEOSPATIAL INDEX The Geospatial Index is a comprehensive listing of all publicly traded geospatial businesses worldwide. Why? The industry is growing at ~5% annually (after inflation and after adjusting for base rates). This rate varies significantly, however, by sub index. For $480,000 to start, this growth rate is $5,000,000 over a working life. This channel, Bluesky account, newsletter, watchlist and podcast express the view that you are serious about geospatial if you take the view of an investor, venture capitalist or entrepreneur. You are expected to do your own research. This is not a replacement for that. This is not investment advice. Consider it entertainment. NOT THE OPINION OF MY EMPLOYERNOT YOUR FIDUCIARYNOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/geospatial.money LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/geospatialindex Watchlist: ⁠https://www.tradingview.com/watchlists/123254792/ Newsletter: www.geospatial.money Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5gpQUsaWxEBpYCnypEdHFC

Jordan Hall tries to convince Jim that the reality of the Christian God is logically necessary. They discuss points of agreement & resonance between their views, relational ontology vs substance ontology, belief as mental operation vs existential commitment, a hierarchical stack of concepts, the complexity lens, the conceptual level on which relationship belongs, relata as contained within relationship, relationship as the most real, the impossibility of imagining being without relationship, oneness & multiplicity & relationality, moving from the philosophical to the theological, hypostasis, the standard model of physics, the coordination of experience with theory, dehumanizing the persons of the Trinity, alternatives to a single universe, unfolding within lawfulness, pure nominalism, the Nicene Creed, whether the Trinity adds information to complexity, whether a cosmic consciousness defies physics, the laws of causation, theology as the discipline of reality, the existential commitment that belief constitutes, fath as livingness, the meaning of a personal God, an ongoing expansion of the relationship with reality, faith vs ideology, 3 forms of belief in Plato, the meaning of pistis, John Vervaeke's religion that is not a religion, refounding life on pistis, whether one can be a Christian without thinking so, Biblical literalism, the prescriptive & annoying stuff, good fiction, great literature as a means of accessing high-dimensional reality, the mediocrity of academic Biblical criticism, and much more. Episode Transcript JRS EP8 - Jordan "Greenhall" Hall and Game B JRS EP26 - Jordan Hall on the Game B Emergence JRS EP 170 - John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall on The Religion That Is Not a Religion JRS EP 223 - Jordan Hall on Cities, Civiums, and Becoming Christian Heidegger, Neoplatonism, and the History of Being: Relation as Ontological Ground, by James Filler JRS Currents 100: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on Time as an Object JRS EP 240 - Stuart Kauffman on a New Approach to Cosmology Jordan Hall is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He is now in his 17th year of building disruptive technology companies. Jordan's interests in comics, science fiction, computers, and way too much TV led to a deep dive into contemporary philosophy (particularly the works of Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda), artificial intelligence and complex systems science, and then, as the Internet was exploding into the world, a few years at Harvard Law School where he spent time with Larry Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain and Cornel West examining the coevolution of human civilization and technology.

Larry Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at the Harvard Law School, joins Kevin Frazier, a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, to discuss the open letter published by 13 current or former AI lab employees calling for a Right to Warn of AI dangers. This conversation dives into Lessig's representation of some of those employees as they push for a Right to Warn of AI dangers, the potential scope of that right, and the need for such a right in the first place. All signs suggest this won't be the last deep dive into the dangers posed by AI and the responsibility of AI labs and employees to prevent those dangers.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/c/trumptrials.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, which involved challenges to attempts by Texas and Florida to prevent social media sites from banning viewpoint discrimination. The challenges were brought by NetChoice, which argues that the laws' content-moderation restrictions and must-carry provisions violate the First Amendment. The case could determine the future of our most important platforms, from Facebook to X to YouTube. Alex Abdo of the Knight First Amendment Institute and Larry Lessig of Harvard Law School recap the key issues in both cases; discuss the ideas raised in oral arguments; and preview the wide-ranging impacts these cases may bring.     Resources:  Moody v. NetChoice (oral argument via C-SPAN; transcript)  NetChoice v. Paxton (oral argument via C-SPAN; transcript)  Larry Lessig, Amicus Brief in Support of Respondents  Alex Abdo, Amicus Brief in Support of Neither Party  Lochner v. New York (1905)  PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins (1980)  Zauderer v. Office of Disc. Counsel (1985)  Rumsfeld v. FAIR (2006)    Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.  Continue today's conversation on Facebook, X, and TikTok using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

In this week's 20-min podcast: -Share your Feb. 27th photos of public support for term limits on your social media and be sure to tag #termlimits -Gov. Ron DeSantis meets with legislators in S.Carolina and Indiana to advocate for the Term Limits Convention bill in those states -Holly Robichaud has an update on state legislative candidates signing the USTL pledge and co-sponsoring the Term Limits Convention bill -Larry Lessig gives a history lesson on term limits and Article V -USTL's Nick Tomboulides lays the smack down on anti-term limits lobbyists at the Florida State Capitol -Wisconsin Rep Mike Gallagher honorably term limits himself after eight years on office Stay up to date on the latest Term Limits news! Subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can shop for hats, t-shirts, bumper stickers, and more at http://termlimits.com/store Has your local state Representative or Senator committed themselves to defend Term Limits? See if they are listed, and if not, ask them to sign the pledge at http://termlimits.com/pledge Help U.S. Term Limits fight to place TERM LIMITS on all members of Congress by donating at http://termlimits.com/donate. We will not stop until TERM LIMITS is enacted on ALL members of Congress, NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT!! To check on the status of the Term Limits movement in your state, go to http://termlimits.com/TakeAction

Jim talks with Jordan Hall about the ideas in his essay "From City to Civium" and about his recent conversion to Christianity. They discuss scaling laws, superlinear scaling in cities & Metcalf's law, technologies of density, virtualization of space, ephemeralizing of communication, a tipping point in the virtualization of relationality, cities as killers, reaching the limits of the institutional forms that got us out of the 20th century, decoupling of body & mind, returning to the mesoscale, tech hygiene, reciprocal opening, what makes GameB hard, Jordan's experience with civiums, hierarchies of values & their inevitability, regaining functional cultural toolkits, pouring water on plants vs creating from scratch, how civium led to Christianity, distinguishing good & bad in religion, Jordan's lifelong agnosticism, the virtual, becoming an integrated self, ensoulment, egregores, whether egregores have agency, the origin of liturgy & liturgical practices, the challenge of bringing already-embedded individuals into embodied community, visiting & moving to Black Mountain, North Carolina, the ease of meaningfulness in the right context, being invited to church, Jordan's transition to believing in a personal God, a crisis of conscience, the Orthodox sensibility of "beauty-first," a relationship with goodness, understanding the Trinity, relationality as the essence of the triune God, a dimensional opening, faith as a faculty, the idea of being created by God in His image, adopting traditional gender values, the idea of abortion as murder, the hermeneutics of presence, Biblical inerrancy, why the kingdom of God is not theocracy, soul sovereignty, orienting toward a universal Good vs coherent pluralism, post-tragedy, growing community organically, the question of vocation, and much more. Episode Transcript "From City to Civium," by Jordan Hall JRS EP 170 - John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall on The Religion That Is Not a Religion JRS Currents 032: Tyson Yunkaporta on Spirits, GameB & Protopias "A Journey to GameB," by Jim Rutt JRS Currents 090: BJ Campbell and Patrick Ryan on Egregores Jordan Hall is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He is now in his 17th year of building disruptive technology companies. Jordan's interests in comics, science fiction, computers, and way too much TV led to a deep dive into contemporary philosophy (particularly the works of Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda), artificial intelligence and complex systems science, and then, as the Internet was exploding into the world, a few years at Harvard Law School where he spent time with Larry Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain and Cornel West examining the coevolution of human civilization and technology.

We often talk about the need to protect American democracy. But perhaps those of us in the United States don't currently live in a democracy.As research shows, there's pretty much no correlation between the percentage of the population that supports a policy and its likelihood of being enacted. The strongest determinant of whether a policy gets enacted is how much money is behind it.So, how might we not just protect, but better yet revive our democracy? How might we revive  the relationship between the will of the people and the actions of our government?This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're doing something special. As we near the election, and representation is on our minds, we're airing a talk by Harvard Law professor and Creative Commons co-founder Larry Lessig. It's a 2019 talk he gave at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC about his book, They Don't Represent Us.The book title has two meanings: first, they — as in our elected representatives — don't represent us. And second, we — as in the people — don't represent ourselves. And this is where social media comes in: we don't represent ourselves because the more we use social media, the more we see extreme versions of the other side, and the more extreme, outraged, and polarized we ourselves become.Last note: Lessig's talk is highly visual. We edited it lightly for clarity, and jump in periodically to narrate things you can't see. But if you prefer to watch his talk, you can find the link below in Recommended Media. RECOMMENDED MEDIA Video: They Don't Represent UsThe 2019 talk Larry Lessig gave at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC about his book of the same nameBook: They Don't Represent UsLarry Lessig's 2019 book that elaborates the ways in which democratic representation is in peril, and proposes a number of solutions to revive our democracy -- from ranked-choice voting to non-partisan open primariesTesting Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens Princeton's Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page study measuring the correlation between the preferences of different groups and the decisions of our government RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODESDigital Democracy is Within Reach with Audrey Tanghttps://www.humanetech.com/podcast/23-digital-democracy-is-within-reachHow Political Language Is Engineered with Drew Westen and Frank Luntzhttps://www.humanetech.com/podcast/53-how-political-language-is-engineeredYour Undivided Attention is produced by the Center for Humane Technology. Follow us on Twitter: @HumaneTech_

After a hiatus, Another Way is back! In this episode, Larry Lessig speaks with Bill Galson, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Co-Founder of No Labels. The two discuss the origins of No Labels, the rise of political polarization in Congress and whether democracy reform is needed to combat it, and if and how the filibuster should be reformed. Lessig and Galson also tackle the infamous No Label phone call leak and in what ways reform organizations should spend their money in the political process.Context for the No Labels phone call leak:  https://theintercept.com/2021/06/16/joe-manchin-leaked-billionaire-donors-no-labels/Additional InformationAnother Way PodcastMore shows from The Democracy Group

If Jordan Hall were a gin and tonic, then this, Jordan's second Doomer Optimism episode, would be a G&T with special elderberry simple syrup. By which I mean, the addition of this episode's hosts, Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder, unearths a few special nuggets about cosmo-localism and a variety of adjacent topics. So, get your lime juice, we're diving in! About Jordan Hall Jordan is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He is now in his 19th year of building disruptive technology companies. Jordan's interests in comics, science fiction, computers, and way too much TV led to a deep dive into contemporary philosophy (particularly the works of Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda), artificial intelligence and complex systems science, and then, as the Internet was exploding into the world, a few years at Harvard Law School where he spent time with Larry Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain and Cornel West examining the coevolution of human civilization and technology. About Jason Snyder Metamodern localist | homesteading, permaculture, bioregional regeneration | meditation, self inquiry, embodied cognition | PhD from Michigan State University, faculty Appalachian State University. About Ashley Colby Ashley is an Environmental Sociologist who studied at Washington State University, the department that founded the subdiscipline. She's interested in and passionate about the myriad creative ways in which people are forming new social worlds in resistance to the failures of late capitalism and resultant climate disasters. I am a qualitative researcher so I tend to focus on the informal spaces of innovation. She's the founder of Rizoma Field School and Rizoma Foundation.

On this episode, returning hosts Joe Norman (@normonics) and Josh Heling (@jrheling) have an in-depth discussion with the philosopher and Game B theorist, Jordan Hall (@jgreenhall). About Jordan Hall Jordan is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He is now in his 19th year of building disruptive technology companies. Jordan's interests in comics, science fiction, computers, and way too much TV led to a deep dive into contemporary philosophy (particularly the works of Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda), artificial intelligence and complex systems science, and then, as the Internet was exploding into the world, a few years at Harvard Law School where he spent time with Larry Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain and Cornel West examining the coevolution of human civilization and technology. About Joe Norman Joe is a complex systems scientist researching risk in large-scale systems, pattern formation in biological systems, physiological patterns for improving human health, and military strategy for international and global security. About Josh Heling Josh Heling and his family run Hidden Savanna Farm, a permaculture-inspired small farm in the countryside outside of Madison, WI whose mission is to contribute to its local food economy while connecting people to each other and the natural environment. He's spent the last eight years starting the process of converting 10 acres of overgrown woodland to a perennial food system supporting the farm's pastured poultry and sheep operations. Hidden Savanna also acts as a hands-on learning lab for a variety of educational enrichment programs for elementary and middle-school aged kids.

The bots that try to moderate speech online are doing a terrible job, and the humans in charge of the biggest tech companies aren't doing any better. The internet's promise was as a space where everyone could have their say. But today, just a few platforms get to decide what billions of people see and say online. What's a better way forward? How can we get back to a world where communities and people decide what's best for content moderation, rather than tech billionaires or government dictates?  Join Daphne Keller, from Stanford's Centre for the Internet and Society, in conversation with  EFF's Cindy Cohn and Danny O'Brien about a better way to moderate speech online. In this episode you'll learn about: — Why giant platforms do a poor job of moderating content—What competitive compatibility (ComCom) is, and how it's a vital part of the solution to our content moderation puzzle— Why machine learning algorithms won't be able to figure out who or what a “terrorist” is, and who it's likely to catch instead— What is the debate over “amplification” of speech, and is it any different than our debate over speech itself? —Why international voices need to be included in discussion about content moderation—and the problems that occur when they're not—How we could shift towards “bottom-up” content moderation rather than a concentration of power  

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Rev. Dr. William Barber & Larry Lessig speak with Cenk on The Conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today Steven and William discuss their views on the political division into the left and right wings. They argue that this differentiation is unnecessary and artificial, as both groups have much to offer, but to solve different problems. This insight underlines how they should complement each other, rather than get at each other's throats. “I don't care who does the electing, as long as I get to do the nominating.” - Boss Tweed is quoted in Larry Lessig's TED talk “Our democracy no longer represents the people. Here's how we fix it”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJy8vTu66tE By signing the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Bill Clinton made it possible for about 90% of the country's major media companies to be owned by six corporations: https://truthout.org/articles/democracy-in-peril-twenty-years-of-media-consolidation-under-the-telecommunications-act/ The Overton Window is the range of policies politically acceptable in the mainstream media: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window “Safe without a State - How a natural legal system works without a monopoly of violence” is a book by Oliver Janich (title translated from the original German): https://www.oliverjanich.de/sicher-ohne-staat-mein-neues-buch-ist-erschienen Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

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Air Date 3/12/2021 Today we take a look at the multiple tactics being implemented in an attempt to undermine the entire concept of democracy because adhering to the will of the majority and allowing for unfettered protests is currently working to the distinct disadvantage of the Republican Party. Most people see the right to vote and to protest as foundational to a functioning democracy, others see them as impediments to their divine right to rule. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript   MEMBERSHIP, Gift Memberships and Donations! (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) MERCHANDISE! REFER-O-MATIC! Sign up, share widely, get rewards. It's that easy! CHECK OUT OUR BOOKSHOP!   EPISODE SPONSORS: UnF*cking the Republic Want to advertise/sponsor the show? Details -> advertisecast.com/BestoftheLeft   SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Guest Sarah Repucci of Freedom House on 'democracy under siege' Part 1 - The Bradcast w Brad Friedman - Air Date 3-8-21 Sarah Repucci explains the factors that have helped drive the grim decline in freedoms and democracy in the U.S. and other areas of the world in recent years, which countries are most at risk and why the United States has dropped in the rankings. Ch. 2: Republicans Launch 253 Voter Suppression Bills - David Pakman Show - Air Date 3-2-21 Republicans launch 253 voter suppression bills across the country, realizing they didn't suppress enough votes in the 2020 election. Ch. 3: The coming anti-protest laws w/ Alleen Brown + Akela Lacy Part 1 - This is Hell! - Air Date 2-12-21 Journalists Alleen Brown and Akela Lacy on their report "State Legislatures Make “Unprecedented” Push on Anti-Protest Bills" for The Intercept, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen empathizes with savages and samurai. Ch. 4: RED ALERT: Anti-Protest Bills Popping Up Everywhere - David Pakman Show - Air Date 8-19-20 Anti-protest bills of all kinds are popping up in numerous states across the United States. Ch. 5: The coming anti-protest laws w/ Alleen Brown + Akela Lacy Part 2 - This is Hell! - Air Date 2-12-21 Ch. 6: Ari Berman on the Attack on Voting Rights - CounterSpin - Air Date 3-12-21 Do elite media think that whether or not the US, in 2021, under pressure from racists, goes back on the whole “one person one vote” thing is a legitimate topic for debate? Ch. 7: A New Form of Jim Crow: Ari Berman on the GOP's Anti-Democratic Assault on Voting Rights - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-2-21 Across the U.S., Republican lawmakers have introduced more than 250 bills in 43 states aimed at restricting voting access. Ari Berman, author and reporter for Mother Jones, says Republicans are “breaking democracy” with their push to restrict voting. Ch. 8: The Architect of The For The People Act (H.R. 1) Part 1 - Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig - Air Date 1-28-21 Larry Lessig speaks with Representative John Sarbanes, the architect of the For The People Act (H.R. 1). The two dive into the provisions of this critically important piece of legislation to fix our democracy and what to expect in the months ahead. Ch. 9: Fight GOP Voter Suppression Laws - Best of the Left Activism Stand up against efforts to suppress the vote and subvert our democracy! Ch. 10: Democracy Strikes Back 'For the People' v. For the GOP Fraudsters Part 1 - The Bradcast - Air Date 3-4-21 Democracy strikes back against the anti-democracy GOP, because every democracy story these days includes Republican fraud or attempted voter suppression. House Democrats passed H.R.1 -- the 'For the People Act' -- with zero Republican votes. MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 11: Guest Sarah Repucci of Freedom House on 'democracy under siege' Part 2 - The Bradcast w Brad Friedman - Air Date 3-8-21 Sarah Repucci explains the factors that have helped drive the grim decline in freedoms and democracy in the U.S. and other areas of the world in recent years, which countries are most at risk and why the United States has dropped in the rankings. Ch. 12: The Architect of The For The People Act (H.R. 1) Part 2 - Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig - Air Date 1-28-21 VOICEMAILS Ch. 13: Critiquing charitable giving - Maureen from Boston FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 14: Final comments on the deep humanity of patronizing patriotism TAKE ACTION! Learn about H.R. 1 & H.R. 4 Common Cause H.R. 1 Campaign - Text & Phonebank & Resources Demand Elimination of the Filibuster Follow Your State Legislature & Contact State Reps, Senators and Governor  Support Opponents of Suppressionists in Public Office Vote Riders - Help Fight Suppression & Help Voters Get IDs They Need EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE For the People Act Is Needed to Stop New GOP Voter Suppression Bills (Teen Vogue) Annotated Guide to the For the People Act of 2021 (Brennan Center for Justice) How to Restore and Strengthen the Voting Rights Act (Brennan Center for Justice) Blue States Suppress the Vote, Too (The New Republic) Republicans Are Taking Their Voter Suppression Efforts to New Extremes (Mother Jones) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman  MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent SHOW IMAGE: Description: Circular protest sign held in the air by a pair of hands with the words "Voting is a Human Right. Stand for Freedom. Join the Fight!" Credits: "December 10 march for voting rights" (2011) by Michael Fleshman (Flickr) | License | Changes: Cropped   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com SUPPORT THE SHOW Listen Anywhere! Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 1: Rush apologizes for missing a few days. Rush takes on the secession controversy. Rush is not for secession! Montage of media saying Rush is for secession. Geraldo, Martha MacCallum, Meet the Press on Rush. Rachel Maddow tries to explain the magic of Rush, fails spectacularly. The Supreme Court rejected the Texas case because the court, like the rest of Washington, wants to get rid of Trump. The Turtle congratulates Biden and Harris. Washington Establishment, Deep State wants to get rid of Trump, happy to have Biden as president and use the Hunter Biden crimes as leverage to control him. When California liberals discuss secession, nobody said a word. Billionaire Bill Gates says we should close down restaurants and bars for 6 months. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 2: Biden nominates Mayor Pete, who couldn't fix the potholes in South Bend, for transportation secretary. Senator Ron Johnson lets Democrats have it for their lies from Russia, to Hunter Biden, to election fraud. Rush outlines the one constitutional scenario open to Trump, House and Senate contesting the Electoral College vote, throwing the election to congress. The Turtle is begging GOP senators not to object to electoral votes. Democrats interrupted the electoral vote tally 11 times in 2016, Biden gaveled them all down. Under this long-shot scenario, congress can use the Electoral Count Act to delay the count, leave an empty presidency on noon on January 20th, Trump reelected by House. VP Biden tried to take Trump out via the Logan Act and that has never been tried before. Effort to shame Republicans not to try to interfere in electoral vote. Caller sides with McConnell on the "Electorial College." PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 3: The brilliance of the Electoral College. Left-wing lawyer Larry Lessig tried to disrupt the Electoral College vote in 2016. NPR, Little Brian Stelter on Rush and Trump. CNN reporter Zeleny refers to Biden as "Joe-Bama". Biden serves at the pleasure of Obama. Democrats go bonkers over GOP attempts to remove Swalwell from Intel Committee over Bang Bang affair. Liberals try to rehab Jeffrey Toobin. Caller says 74 million-plus Americans are mad as hell, want something done about stolen election. Another caller blasts Republicans for standing by and doing nothing while their voters are raped. How the unemployment rate is calculated.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 1: Biden nominates Mayor Pete, who couldn't fix the potholes in South Bend, for transportation secretary. Senator Ron Johnson lets Democrats have it for their lies from Russia, to Hunter Biden, to election fraud. Rush outlines the one constitutional scenario open to Trump, House and Senate contesting the Electoral College vote, throwing the election to congress. The Turtle is begging GOP senators not to object to electoral votes. Democrats interrupted the electoral vote tally 11 times in 2016, Biden gaveled them all down. Under this long-shot scenario, congress can use the Electoral Count Act to delay the count, leave an empty presidency on noon on January 20th, Trump reelected by House. VP Biden tried to take Trump out via the Logan Act and that has never been tried before. Effort to shame Republicans not to try to interfere in electoral vote. Caller sides with McConnell on the "Electorial College." PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 2: The brilliance of the Electoral College. Left-wing lawyer Larry Lessig tried to disrupt the Electoral College vote in 2016. NPR, Little Brian Stelter on Rush and Trump. CNN reporter Zeleny refers to Biden as "Joe-Bama". Biden serves at the pleasure of Obama. Democrats go bonkers over GOP attempts to remove Swalwell from Intel Committee over Bang Bang affair. Liberals try to rehab Jeffrey Toobin. Caller says 74 million-plus Americans are mad as hell, want something done about stolen election. Another caller blasts Republicans for standing by and doing nothing while their voters are raped. How the unemployment rate is calculated. Callers find creative ways to say Republicans suck. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 3: Election fraud hearing: Rand Paul responds to Krebs. Josh Hawley says 74 million people won't sit down and shut up after 4 years of lies about the last election. Borger on Hawley. Calypso Louie on Kamala and the coronavirus vaccine. Caller says 74 million Americans should march for Trump. We will never give up on America. 74 million of us will continue to fight for the country. Support Our Heroes campaign. Mitt Romney laments Trumpism isn't going away. AOC says Schumer and Pelosi should go. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Larry Lessig and Steve Hofstetter speak with Cenk on The Conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry Lessig speaks with Cenk on The Conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Larry Lessig introduces a mini-series that will appear in this feed between now and election day: Another Way To Elect The President. This intro provides some historical and legal background for what could be a presidential election unlike any other. Stay tuned for additional episodes.

In this episode, Larry Lessig speaks with US Senate candidate Jon Ossoff about his campaign to represent Georgia, how his career as a journalist investigating corruption led him to run for office, his commitment to small-dollar public financing, and proposals to fix our broken democracy.

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U.S. Representative Ro Khanna speaks with Larry Lessig about his effort to reform our democracy, end corruption, and reduce the impact of money in politics. They talk about working with both Bernie, why Biden will sign reform, finding a way to a real "grand bargain" that can end corruption, and why it's important for activists to keep the pressure on Congress to pass reform. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

This week, Larry Lessig talks with John Gastil, a Professor at the McCourtney Institute for Democracy, about how we can make better political decisions. They discuss the polarized media landscape and specific steps we can take to improve deliberation, understanding, and the use of reason. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

Larry Lessig talks to Congressional candidate Adem Bunkeddeko, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in New York's 9th District. They discuss his remarkable personal story and his support for vouchers that would revolutionize how politicians raise money. Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

Equal Citizens founder Larry Lessig talks with Alex Morse, a candidate for Congress in the First District of Massachusetts, about how Congress really works. They talk about how fundraising permits Congresspeople to live above their means, and why it makes it hard for them to provide real solutions that would improve people's lives. He also explains why, without first reforming our democracy, we're not going to be able to make substantive progress on key policy priorities. Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

In today's episode, Larry Lessig launches a new "season" of Another Way and explains why we want to talk about reforming our democracy and ending corruption by speaking with folks in or running for Congress and in the media. Our first guest in the series is Mondaire Jones, who is a Democratic candidate for New York's 17th District. They discuss Jones's background, voting in a pandemic, how to take on big money in politics, and more. Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

On today's episode, we continue our discussion of the Supreme Court case about presidential electors. Larry Lessig discusses the 2016 presidential election with presidential electors from Washington State. The Supreme Court is set to hear their case on May 13. Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

In this special episode, Equal Citizens founder Larry Lessig talks with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden [D-Or.] about how to protect our elections in this time of crisis. Wyden was the first Senator elected entirely in a mail-in election, and he has emerged as a champion of mail-in voting as the way to ensure we can all vote safely in elections for the remainder of this year. They discuss Wyden's bill as well as what happened in Wisconsin's recent primary that makes vivid the need for immediate reform. Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

In today's episode, Equal Citizens founder Larry Lessig and chief counsel Jason Harrow dive deeply in their case about presidential electors, which is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the episode—the first in a multi-part series—they describe how the text, history, and structure of the Constitution require that presidential electors be free to vote for whatever candidate they wish. Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

With Super Tuesday only days away, we bring you an encore of our conversation about the state of our democracy with Bernie Sanders, the current polling leader for the Democratic nomination. The conversation took place in December in New Hampshire with hosts Larry Lessig and Zephyr Teachout. In it, Bernie promised to make democracy reform a number one priority. Note: this podcast does not constitute an endorsement of Senator Sanders, or any candidate. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens

Today’s podcast is a conversation originally recorded in 1994 about the teaching of sexual legal issues in law schools around the United States. Richard Posner, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Larry Lessig, former Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and Tom Smith, former Director-General of the Social Survey at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago consider the long-term implications of the subject. Originally Recorded: 1994

Hello, kaiju lovers! Despite a slight delay thanks to MIFV mascots Goji-kun and Bro Kong hiding Nathan's laptop, the unavoidable has happened: King Kong Lives. John LeMay, author of Kong Unmade and other kaiju books, returns to Monster Island to discuss the Godzilla vs. Megalon of the Kong series—and John un-ironically likes it! This ill-fated sequel to Dino de Laurentiis's 1976 remake stars Linda Hamilton, fresh off of her star-making role in The Terminator, as a scientist who resurrects King Kong with an artificial heart…because that cures falling off of a building. Not only that, he “falls in love” with Lady Kong, a female giant gorilla, which leads to most of the Kong film tropes getting turned on their ears. Also, King Kong eats rednecks. Yep. Nathan goes full-tilt MST3K with this movie, but he riffs because he loves. That is, when he isn't mediating a conflict between John and the show's intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA. The Toku Topic is the convoluted King Kong copyright, which came to a head twice when Universal tried to sue Dino de Laurentiis in the 1970s and Nintendo in the early 1980s. Hear all about it in the newest episode of The Monster Island Film Vault! You can buy the hardcover of John's book Kong Unmade on Amazon. Check out Jimmy's Notes on this episode! Timestamps: Intro: 0:00-3:28 Entertaining Info Dump: 3:28-9:29 Toku Talk: 9:29-1:04:18 Toku Topic: 1:04:18-1:31:04 Outro: 1:31:04-end © 2020 Moonlighting Ninjas Media Bibliography/Further Reading: “Everything You Need to Know About Trademark Law” (Polaris Law Firm) “Historical Hypocrisy: Donkey Kong, King Kong, & The Public Domain” by Timothy Geigner (TechDirt) King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson by Ray Morton “King Kong Lives (1986) Review – Kong-A-Thon Episode 6” (YouTube) Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island by John LeMay “Laws that choke creativity | Larry Lessig.” (YouTube, uploaded by TED) Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong by Mark Cotta Vaz Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Larry Lessig “The true story behind Universal suing Nintendo over King Kong and Donkey Kong” by Luke Owen (Flickering Myth)   “Understanding copyright law” by Jennifer Horner (ASHA Wire, The ASHA Leader) “Welcome to the Public Domain” by Rich Stim (Stanford University Libraries) “What is Fair Use?” by Rich Stim (Stanford University Libraries) Wiki Articles for King Kong Lives (1976): –Wikipedia –IMDB –Wikizilla –Gojipedia The post Episode 10: John LeMay vs. ‘King Kong Lives' appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.

Last month I wrote a long post explaining why I could not support Larry Lessig's new lawsuit against journalists and the New York Times for what he referred to as "Clickbait Defamation." Lessig argued that a NY Times headline and lede was false, while I argued that it was a different interpretation, but not "false," and thus not defamatory. I also argued that his lawsuit was a SLAPP suit, potentially harming the individuals named. Larry wished to respond to my post and I invited him on the podcast to discuss. Larry is a Harvard Law professor. I am not. This immediately puts me at a disadvantage in arguing things in a live debate, and while I don't think either of us convinced each other of anything, l definitely understand his argument more clearly, though I still disagree with it. As I said in my intro to the podcast, I think it's worth reading all of the background information to understand what we're talking about, including: - Lessig's original Medium post: https://medium.com/@lessig/on-joi-and-mit-3cb422fe5ae7 - The NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/business/lessig-epstein-ito-mit.html - Larry's response to the NY Times: https://medium.com/@lessig/on-the-careful-reading-of-the-new-york-times-editors-8f543418c1df - Larry's new ClickbaitDefamation.org website, including his legal complaint: https://clickbaitdefamation.org/ - My post about this case: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200113/18320443724/dear-larry-lessig-please-dont-file-slapp-suits.shtml Also, for the first time, we are providing a transcript with this podcast. This is an experiment. We have wanted to do transcripts for a while, but it is usually quite expensive and/or time consuming. In this case, given the likely interest in the discussion, we felt it was worthwhile. We are testing an automated transcript service, and while we've gone through it and tried to correct the errors, it is likely that some still made it through. We apologize for any such errors and will try to correct them if you alert us in the comments. You can read the transcript on Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200211/11583043904/techdirt-podcast-episode-238-larry-lessig-defends-his-clickbait-defamation-lawsuit.shtml

In this special episode, Larry Lessig speaks with Ezra Klein, the Vox media founder and host of the Ezra Klein Show, at a live event in Boston. They discuss Ezra's new book "Why We're Polarized" and discuss why it's really the system and the parties—and not the particular policy disagreements between politicians or the public—that have made our democracy so dysfunctional. The event was held in Back Bay in Boston and hosted by the Harvard bookstore. The audio is courtesy of the wonderful folks at the Forum Network at WGBH Boston. They are in the process of posting video from the event to https://forum-network.org/lectures/why-were-polarized-book-discussion-ezra-klein/. You can support this podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/EqualCitizens, and you can find our whole archive online at equalcitizens.us/anotherway.

Equal Citizens founder Larry Lessig speaks with Tiffany Muller, the founder of End Citizens United. The unfortunate occasion is the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. Tiffany explains not only the problems that big money has caused but also how we need a comprehensive solution that does more than just overturn Citizens United.

Larry Lessig speaks with Issue One's Nick Penniman about why Nick left journalism to begin tackling the problem of fixing our democracy. Nick then discusses the difference between putting policies on websites and having politicians prioritize real reform that would de-rig the system and enable real change to happen. And they discuss how to build a coalition across the left, right, and center to at last get the change that 80-90% of the public wants to see happen.

Larry Lessig and Sweta Chakraborty speak with John & Ana on The Conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s term limits news : Professional lobbyists file lawsuit against existing term limits laws in Michigan, 2019 National Constitutional Center forum with Larry Lessig and USTL Chairman Howie Rich, Rep Alcee Hastings (D-Fla) under new investigation for his history of corruption ||| Weekly term limits variety podcast hosted by Philip Blumel and Nick Tomboulides of US Term Limits. View transcript and music credits at www.termlimits.com/NUT68

What do we do now when it’s painfully obvious that they don’t represent us? Harvard scholar Larry Lessig outlines a pathway forward to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Author Tom LoBianco who has covered Mike Pence’s entire career explains what really drives him.

Larry Lessig speaks to John Pudner of Take Back Our Republic about the bipartisan need for democracy reform. Pudner is a Republican political strategist who talks about how democracy reform is consistent with conservative principles, the need to reduce politicians' reliance on lobbyists, the rise of "SCAMPacs," and more.

Larry Lessig talks with Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney about his nuanced view of why Congress is so broken and so badly polarized. They talk about money in politics, campaign finance reform, the need of Congresspeople to constantly be raising money, the impact of gerrymandering, and other innovative ideas to improve our democracy. They also discuss the issue of whether—and why—it's important to make fixing our democracy a high priority.

Larry Lessig talks with Montana Governor and presidential candidate Steve Bullock about fighting corruption as a red state governor, including Bullock's problems with Citizens United, his efforts to overturn it or get around it, and his plans to increase disclosure and transparency in political funding. They also discuss Bullock's novel plan to end constant campaigning and give politicians space to govern.

Larry Lessig begins the episode with a plea to focus on campaign finance reform. Then, Larry talks to U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Michael Bennet on how to create enduring democracy reforms that can unclog what he calls a "paralyzed Congress."

This week, Katie Fahey of The People, a Michigan-based advocacy group, talks with Larry Lessig about how she wrote a Facebook post asking if anyone else wanted to take on gerrymandering in Michigan…and then found herself leading a successful movement that passed a ballot measure to actually end gerrymandering in Michigan.

On this week's special episode, Larry Lessig talks with Representative John Sarbanes. Sarbanes is the lead author of HR 1, which passed the House in March and, if passed by the Senate and signed by the President, would fundamentally alter the way politicians raise money and would improve our democracy in ways big and small. Sarbanes discusses the origin of HR 1, why he thinks that the way most politicians raise money is so harmful, and why the bill is so urgently needed.

This week, we are proud to bring you a recording of a live conversation between Larry Lessig and Democratic Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard. The two sat down in front of a live audience in New Hampshire on September 6 and talked about the state of our democracy, ranked choice voting (RCV), the electoral college, money in politics, and much more. This event was part of Equal Citizens’ democracy town hall series, which is made possible with the support of The Leadership Now Project.

In this episode with Larry Lessig, we talk about law and context. Larry shares with us the two phases of his work: intellectual property and its impact on culture, and then his focus on political reform with Change Congress, Mayday PAC, Rootstrikers and his presidential campaign. We dive into Larry’s book, Fidelity and Constraint, and how it can help lawyers think about how the Supreme Court decides cases. Lastly, we ask Larry about his fairy novel style of doing slideshow presentations.

In this episode with Larry Lessig, we talk about law and context. Larry shares with us the two phases of his work: intellectual property and its impact on culture, and then his focus on political reform with Change Congress, Mayday PAC, Rootstrikers and his presidential campaign. We dive into Larry's book, Fidelity and Constraint, and how it can help lawyers think about how the Supreme Court decides cases. Lastly, we ask Larry about his fairy novel style of doing slideshow presentations.

Larry Lessig talks with political consultant and CNN contributor Paul Begala about why democracy reform is necessary to make progress on so many important issues, and how to make fundamental reform issues relevant to the real lives of everyday voters.

Larry Lessig talks to South Dakota 2018 gubernatorial candidate Billie Sutton about his history in bronc riding and his political career fighting corruption and running a grassroots, small-dollar campaign in South Dakota. (Note: We apologize to listeners and to Billie about the poor quality audio on this call. We are working to improve audio quality for future episodes.)

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Air Date: 7/26/2019 Today we take a look at the fight for free and fair elections in which voters choose their representatives rather than the politicians getting to select their voters to keep themselves in power indefinitely regardless of the will of the people. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   EPISODE SPONSORS: Babbel.com | Blinkist.com/BEST | Clean Choice Energy SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK  MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content!) SHOW NOTES Ch. 0: Thoughts to take with you on how to find your place in progressive activism and stop feeling overwhelmed Ch. 1: Ready, set, gerrymander - Amicus - Air Date 6-28-19 A round table round-up of the 2018 Supreme Court term with Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, Professor Pam Karlan of Stanford and Professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School. Analysis of the gerrymandering cases Ch. 2: Ari Berman GOP Docs Prove Census Citizenship Question Is About Preserving White Political Power - Democracy Now - Air Date 6-3-19 We get an update from Ari Berman, senior writer at Mother Jones, whose new piece is “Architect of GOP Gerrymandering Was Behind Trump’s Census Citizenship Question.” Ch. 3: Dave Daley on Gerrymandering - Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig - Air Date 7-3-19 Dave Daley, author of Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count, joins Larry Lessig this week to talk about the past, present, and future of gerrymandering. They discuss the nefarious mechanisms and effects of drawing district lines for maximal partisan advantage Ch. 4: Those Who Draw the Lines…Have the Power - The Takeaway - Air Date 4-4-19 “Slay the Dragon,” chronicles the challenges to congressional maps in several states that have been accused of partisan gerrymandering. In Michigan, voters approved a ballot measure in 2018 to take map-drawing power out of the hands of the legislature Ch. 5: Mark Joseph Stern on the nonsense of the SCOTUS gerrymandering ruling - The BradCast w Brad Friedman - Air Date 6-30-19 Mark Joseph Stern explains the Court’s 5 -4 partisan split ruling allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts to continue, which he calls a "crushing defeat for voting rights" and a "fiasco for democracy." Ch. 6: Fight Gerrymandering on the State Level via @CommonCause @IndivisibleTeam @BrennanCenter - Best of the Left Activism Take action! Click the title and/or scroll down for quick links and resources from this segment. Ch. 7: Ari Berman on The Contentious Right To Vote - Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig - Air Date 7-17-19 Voting rights have always been contentious in America, and our era is no different. Larry Lessig digs deeply into the past and present of voting in America with Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Forcing the Northern narrative onto the back foot - Will from New Jersey Ch. 9: Our economic message is stronger when it is inclusive - James from Sacramento, CA FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 10: Final comments on putting racists on the back foot TAKE ACTION! Join a Common Cause state-level campaign See how your state does redistricting with Brennan Center's "50 State Guide to Redistricting"  Start your own local campaign with Common Cause's "Redistricting Activist Handbook" Learn more with Indivisible's Gerrymandering Resource  EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE How Did Citizen-Led Redistricting Initiatives Fare in the Mid-terms?(Pacific Standard Magazine) States poised to take up fight over partisan gerrymandering(AP News) The Supreme Court's Message: Win or Go Home(The Atlantic) States spend big on make-or-break 2020 census(Roll Call) Researched and Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman  MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Around Plastic Card Tables - Desert Orchard Chrome and Wax - Ray Catcher The Back Lot - Sunday at Slims Tar and Spackle - Plaster Gusty Hollow - Migration Parade Shoes - Arc and Crecent Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/AndroidApp in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunesand Stitcher!

Evan McMullin came to national prominence when he ran for president in 2016 as an independent, anti-Trump conservative. Since the 2016 election, he has been a strong and principled independent voice on many issues. This week, he speaks to Larry Lessig about how to find common ground to rebuild and improve our democracy, which he believes is “under threat” right now. He says he is excited about the possibility of forming a cross-partisan coalition for gerrymandering reform, ranked-choice voting, and more.

Voting rights have always been contentious in America, and our era is no different. Larry Lessig digs deeply into the past and present of voting in America with Ari Berman, a senior reporter at Mother Jones and the author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America.

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson candidate joins Larry Lessig this week to talk about why she’s running and how she would restore our democracy by making every voice equal and reducing the influence of big money and big corporations.

Dave Daley joins Larry Lessig this week to talk about the past, present, and future of gerrymandering. They discuss the nefarious mechanisms and effects of drawing district lines for maximal partisan advantage. Dave is a senior fellow at FairVote and former editor of Salon.com and is also the author of Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count.

Just in time for the first Democratic debates, Larry Lessig talks with Beto O’Rourke about the candidate’s plans to fix our democracy. O’Rourke explains his plans to expand voting rights and get 15 million more people to vote and to reduce the influence of special interests. He also expresses support for learning more about ranked-choice voting (RCV). Importantly, O’Rourke also reveals that democracy reform will be the first thing he does in office.

Larry Lessig is joined this episode by Professor Ned Foley of Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law. Larry and Professor Foley talk about the somewhat unknown history of the electoral college and whether the Framers’ expectations have been fulfilled or thwarted today.

This week on Another Way, Larry Lessig is joined by Democratic Senator and Presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand. Larry and Senator Gillibrand discuss her plan to reduce corruption by giving every voter democracy dollars in each federal election. They also discuss the importance of fundamental reform, and Senator Gillibrand commits to making this a key part of her platform. They begin with a few details of her life and career.

Today on XRAY In The Morning: (1) News With Friends with Emily Gilliland and Colin Jones (2) Talk Media News with Tom Squitieri (3) XRAY's personal finance show Oh My Dollar! (4) Interview with Jefferson Smith and academic, attorney, and political activist Larry Lessig

My guest today is information architecture and user experience pioneer Peter Morville. Alongside Lou Rosenfeld, Peter co-authored Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, the first of several books Peter has produced that explore how we deal with information. In this conversation, we discuss a more mindful approach to dealing with the information in our lives. Listen to the full conversation https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/the-informed-life-episode-10-peter-morville.mp3   Show notes Peter Morville The University of Michigan's School of Information Information Architecture for the Web and Beyond, by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, and Jorge Arango Search Patterns: Design for Discovery by Peter Morville and Jeffery Callender Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become by Peter Morville Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything by Peter Morville Planning for Everything: The Design of Paths and Goals by Peter Morville Trello Apple Watch Lawrence Lessig Muse headband semanticstudios.com – Peter's consultancy intertwingled.org – Peter's blog twitter.com/morville Read the full transcript Jorge: Peter, welcome to the show. Peter: Hello, I'm happy to be here. Jorge: Well happy to have you. So you and I have known each other for a long time, but for those folks listening in who might not be aware of who you are, can you tell us about yourself? Peter: Sure. So my academic background is in library and information science. I went to the University of Michigan's program back in the early 1990s. And then with Lou Rosenfeld I built a company and wrote a book known as the polar bear book on information architecture and we, you know, we essentially helped to build what became known as the field of information architecture. And since about 2001 I've been doing independent consulting, helping a wide variety of organizations with their information architecture and user experience challenges. Jorge: Lou was the very first guest on the show and I had the opportunity to say on air just how important the polar bear book, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, has been to my career. So I want to thank you as well. Peter: Thanks for saying that. Jorge: Like you were saying, you've had a varied career where you've done the running of a consulting company and you've also been doing independent consulting and you're also a very prolific author, right? Peter: Yeah, it's about five or six books. Jorge: And all of them highly recommended. I'm going to put all of them on the show notes for this episode. The latest one is about planning, which is a subject that I think a lot of people think about, but don't delve into. Do you want to tell us a little bit about that? Peter: Yeah, so I wrote the book partly because I realized that I'm a professional planner, right? Information architects help organizations plan their websites and software and experiences. Partly because I realized that I've been kind of addicted to planning and thinking about the future since I was a little kid. I've always been someone who is kind of focused on what's next, what's next. And yeah, I think planning is something we do every day and it's immensely important to our lives. And yet most of us never take a course in school about planning, so I think it's under studied and kind of misunderstood. Planning doesn't need to be just the big upfront planning and then kind of rigid adherence to the plan. It can be very flexible and involve improvisation as part of it. Jorge: I think that when a lot of folks hear that a book is going to be about planning, they think that it's going to be very hands on and tactical. “This is what you should do and these are the tools you can use and this is an approach for doing that.” And the book definitely has very specific suggestions of things you can do, but the thing that I love the most about it is that it also provides a framework that, at least for me, prompted asking the question “what are you doing this for?” Like why? Why are you doing this? You know? Peter: Yeah, yeah. The way I defined planning in the book is that planning is the design of paths and goals and you know, I very much believe that we need to think as much about the goals and the beliefs that underpin those goals. Our belief that if we achieve this goal we will be happy or successful or what have you. We need to question the goals and the beliefs every bit as much as the path or the specific steps to achieve the goal. Jorge: I remember feeling very much like the book was an invitation to contemplate what you are planning for. Right? Like this idea of delving a bit deeper and I was hoping that we would focus our conversation on that. Like are there ways that you have discovered to do that? Peter: Yeah and I think that ties into the theme of your podcast, the informed life, right? Because if we think about the questions around, you know, how we manage information, what tools do we use to manage information for our personal and professional interests, and then we try to apply metrics or evaluation, am I using these tools efficiently and effectively? Are these the right tools? It begs the question, the right tools to achieve what? Right? You know, is it just about productivity, right? Am I being efficient in my job or is it about learning? Right? Are these tools and the way I'm managing information leading me in a positive direction where I'm learning and changing? I don't think we asked these questions very often, but I think that if we want to sort of talk about the tools that we use to manage information, we have to be mindful of what is the purpose behind that. Jorge: I think that when we use the word tools, folks can assume that we're talking about things like software or a notebook or like some objects, some artifact that becomes the fulcrum around which your productivity function works. Right? But I think that tools, when you're talking about tools, you're also talking about patterns or mindsets or techniques rather than artifacts. Is that a fair statement? Peter: Yeah, I think our brain and our body and our environment are the most important information management tools. The, you know, the mindset that we bring to prioritizing what information am I going to pay attention to, what information do I want to completely shut out? That starts in our brains and then we can use more traditional tools, software or pen and pencil and paper to implement those sorts of strategies that come out of our brains. But you know, I think of the sort of the technological tools for information management being secondary, right? So what I use to manage information and manage my day are things like my email inbox, my calendar. Basically, it's like a list in a calendar. And I use Trello a little bit, but I wouldn't be too upset if I couldn't use Trello because really everything I'm doing could be managed in a little black book. So I don't, the one big step forward in my lifetime that I am very aware of in terms of how I interact with information is the world wide web and the fact that I have access to nearly unlimited information at my fingertips so that when something new pops up, I see a word that I have never seen before or an acronym or something I feel I should learn more about, I can immediately do that. And that's not how it was when I was a kid growing up with a very limited set of books. Jorge: This idea that technology impacts brain, body and environment is something that I want to poke at because I suspect that there are ways of mindfully managing your information to be more productive that do not rely on technology and tools in the traditional sense. Peter: Yeah. And let me go on a sort of an odd direction for a moment because I think it'll tie back into this. So before we talk about how to improve our information management, I think it's worth talking about how we avoid making it worse because that's part of what I see going on in our technology saturated world today. At one extreme, you have folks who are on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram all the time. Constant state of interruption and distraction, embracing the internet of things in the smart home and Amazon Alexa, you know, using voice to turn on and off light switches and then a device I know you're fond of the Apple Watch, right? You're strapping technology onto your body where you can have a 24 by 7 interaction with people and data. All of that stuff in the media sphere is kind of spun as positive, as exciting as, you know, we need to keep people feel that they need to keep up with technology and you know, don't get left behind. Most of the stuff that I just talked about, I tried to keep it arm's length. I don't think it'll make me more productive or happier, but there are seductions around that. So I actually think the first challenge in living in today's world is not to get worse at information and managing information. Jorge: Well, that's a provocative statement right there. Peter: Yeah. Jorge: Can you unpack that? Peter: Sure. Yeah. And I think that it's all about trade offs, right? There's absolutely value in having more instant information, instant access to information and knowing what's going on now and being prepared to respond to that. But I think that we like to live in a kind of a dramatized world where we think that we're going to save our lives or save our loved ones with this text that comes in on our watch and we respond quickly. But for the most part, what we're sacrificing with that instant access is the ability to think deeply, to reflect, to be more mindful of priorities, what really matters, what really needs to be done today. And so I think that we've revved ourselves up into this really fast paced way that work, in our work and living environments operate that isn't particularly healthy or productive really. And I see it in the organizations where I consult, but also just in people's personal lives, you know, watching our teenage girls interact with technology. It's hard for them to read a book because they're so used to speed and interaction. Jorge: Yeah. I have certainly noticed that in myself. Like it's becoming harder for me to sustain the concentration needed to read long things. Because we're used to this 280 character snippets of stuff. Now, it sounds to me like what you're advocating for is kind of eschewing information technologies altogether or at least reducing your exposure to them kind of on a permanent basis. Is that right? Peter: I think it's, in the end, it's all about balance. I did delete Facebook, but I'm still on Twitter. As I said, I value immensely my ability to access the web and learn about things or keep up with news on a daily basis. But I do think that we're living in a society where there are seductions that are not good for us. So talk about food for instance, right? We're living in a society where we have almost 24 by 7 access to fast food, right? Like, “Hey, it's midnight and you should get McDonald's or Burger King and get your fix, get your sugar and caffeine and fat.” And that's not good for us. It's not healthy for us. And our society is getting sicker because of people's diets, right? People do things that aren't good for them because it's hard to resist these seductions that didn't exist for most of human evolution. We're not prepared to resist. We don't have the discipline. And I think the same is happening with information. You know, the stuff that's been going on politically exposes the degree to which people don't know which sources to trust, who to believe. And we have polarization where folks at both ends of the spectrum are believing some pretty crazy stuff. And it's like we're living in an environment that we did not evolve for and we haven't figured out the personal or societal defenses to protect us from ourselves. Jorge: Yeah. And in both cases, this analogy between fast food and… I don't know if to call it fast information but this, kind of seductive information as you're describing it, one of the challenges with it is that they, in many cases, are designed to provoke that response in you, the whole keeping you engaged in the environment. That's something that doesn't happen accidentally. It happens by design. Peter: Absolutely. For quite some time, I followed the work of Lawrence Lessig or Larry Lessig and he introduced me to the concept of the root striker, right? His organization for awhile, it was called The Root Strikers. And it came from, I think it was a Henry David Thoreau quote that thousands of people are striking at the branches, right? To things that are closest to them and most visible. But if you really want to solve the problem, you have to strike at the root. And in my opinion, the root of a lot of problems that are going on in society today is kind of a corrupted form of capitalism. And what's coming from that route are perverse incentives, right? And so organizations have incentives to take advantage of people, right? To sell them the fast food even if it's not good for them, to make the bigger burgers, bigger sodas. And again, the same is going on within the information world, the incentives that Silicon Valley companies like Facebook and Twitter have or that media organizations have, are not in line with the long-term interests of people. I don't know how to solve the problem, but I believe that without striking at the root, without kind of getting to the source, you can punish Facebook for bad behavior, but they will repeat it as long as the incentives stay in place. And all of this trickles down into the information environment that we live in. Jorge: I love this image of the root striker and as I think through my friends, I consider you one of the most thoughtful people about this stuff. Someone who is looking at dealing with the root of these problems. And I'm wondering if you have any practices, any tools, albeit conceptual ones perhaps, that help you do that? Peter: Yeah, so partly it is mindset, which is a word you mentioned earlier. So when I wrote Ambient Findability back in 2005, that was a fairly techno utopian book. And so that, I sort of see that as the end of my kind of unquestioning positivity towards information technology and the direction of human civilization. What I wrote Intertwingled a few years later, I made a conscious decision to lean the other direction. To question culture more, to question technology more. And for better or for worse, that has stuck. You know, that was a decision I made for writing that book that has then had consequences for me beyond. And so I think the first step in protecting yourself from the information deluge, is to understand and accept that nobody's looking out for you, that you have to protect yourself, that it's not all good. You're not going to take any steps to protect yourself unless you feel that you have some something you want to protect yourself from. So once you have that shift in mindset, then I think it's just a matter of being mindful of your practices and not letting yourself get sucked in too deeply. There was a period for me after the 2016 election where I got sufficiently sucked into the political sphere and that I think I went overboard. My family was getting upset with me for being too emotional about what was going on and so I actually took a social media break for I think three months, something like that. And I think that was really healthy. I needed that at that point in time. And when I came back I was able to be a little bit more calm and sort of selective about how much I pay attention to what I pay attention to. I think meditating is super helpful for learning to be mindful and questioning your own behavior and your own habits. Jorge: Are there any particular meditation practices that you can recommend for our listeners? Peter: I'm still such a beginner with meditation. I meditate for about five minutes a day. I just try to focus on my breathing. I aspire to getting more serious about meditation, but even that five minutes a day I feel has been really helpful. And I also read quite a lot about Buddhism and meditation. I feel like there's the practice of meditation, but there's also a really wonderful, rich body of wisdom that has been written over the last few thousand years surrounding Buddhism and meditation that helps me think about thinking. Jorge: That's the key, right? Think about thinking. Thinking this shift in perspective where you are not somehow caught up in what's going on, but you can step back and see how the immersion into that space is happening. Peter: Yeah, and what's funny is I'll kind of correct myself a little here. I love the word sentience or sentient because for me that brings together thinking and feeling, right? A sentient being is a being that engages in some combination of thinking and feeling. As a child of Western civilization, I'm prone to focus more on the thinking side at the expense of really connecting with feelings and I do think that that's part of meditation and mindfulness. And also getting better at managing information is being in touch with your emotions and recognizing that they actually play a much larger role in our behavior and in our planning than we often are aware. Jorge: Yeah. That's one thing that as a parent has really come home to me like, pardon the pun. I've become really conscious of that sometimes one of my kids will be super cranky and just being “difficult,” right? And when I stop to think about it, it's like, “Oh, you know, he or she hasn't had breakfast yet. And this is not necessarily something conceptual that is angering them. This is their body is low in blood sugar.” Right? Peter: Absolutely. I mean, sleep and diet and exercise are probably the top three tools for better information management. Jorge: Well I'm glad you mentioned that because I want to go back to the Apple Watch. Peter: Okay. Jorge: And I'm glad you called that out. O ne of the reasons I like the Apple Watch so much is that it does open up my body as a source of information and I can… I know how many steps I've walked and how many calories I've burned and with the latest version, there's this idea that it's monitoring my heart rate. And I also am going to bring this to the conversation and just let you be horrified. I also have a device that I use for meditation that does the same for the meditation practice. So it's a headband that measures brainwaves while you're meditating and it turns the meditation practice into a quantified experience somehow. And I'm wondering sometimes when I do that both for the Apple Watch and this headband thing is like, am I completely just missing the point of this? You know, by trying to turn it into an information exercise. Peter: Yeah. So I'm not horrified. This is where I feel a bit of a division between my own thinking and feeling from an intellectual perspective. I think the Apple Watch and the sort of biofeedback headband that you're talking about are fascinating and professionally I feel some, you know, some drive to be a little bit more of an early adopter and really understand what's possible so that I can better help my clients take advantage of things. From a feeling perspective, I've always been sort of drawn more towards the natural world than the artificial. And so I don't really, I don't wear any watch or any jewelry other than a wedding ring. I don't like to attach things to my body. And I'm also just, I guess I have just a certain wariness of the kind of second- and third-order effects of having this information. And I guess finally I'll just say over the past 10 to 15 years, I increasingly got into running as a form of exercise and to eating healthy and I, through some combination of discipline and just enjoying exercise, I have no need to measure my steps or to provide other external incentives. But you know, I appreciate that other folks get value from that sort of quantified self piece of this. And as I was thinking about this interview and this notion of the informed self, it occurred to me that there's a first impulse to try to explain how the way that I manage information as the right way, right? Like, you know, we all have to some degree this, take pride in how we do things and want to share them with the world. But I think in some ways how I manage information is the result of privilege. For instance, I rarely answer the phone unless I know who's calling and actually, I never answered the phone unless I know who's calling. And you know, I don't have a boss. I'm not in a situation where I just need to open myself up to the world in that way. And I'm aware that other folks aren't in that situation. You know, some folks have to answer the phone for a variety of reasons and that's a huge… That could be a huge interruption in your daily life. So one size doesn't fit all, right? Like we all have to figure out what works best for us given our preferences and our context. Jorge: That's why I love so much this idea that you've brought up of the root striker. I'm parsing that as an invitation to think, to examine more broadly your life situation. And it's not just about managing information, it's ultimately what are you doing? You know, why are you doing and what are you doing and what is it in service to? Peter: Yeah. And as you and I have talked about before, I have this not completely formed plan to buy some property and start an animal sanctuary and create a place that can be helpful to people and animals. And that comes from that deep questioning of what do I want to do with my remaining time here on planet earth? And while I get a lot of intellectual satisfaction from consulting with big organizations, I'm not sure, if I look forward to the next 25 years or so, that that's going to fulfill my need for a real sense of purpose and meaning. So I'm kind of looking at a fairly large shift in my life in the future that comes from that reflection and thinking about, you know, root causes and what's really going on. Jorge: I'm hearing what you're saying as an invitation to step out of the melee and really examine whether the life you're living is aligned with your values and if not then to adjust course. Peter: Absolutely. We, as far as I know, we only get one chance at this and we're not here for that long. So you know, again, there's a certain amount of privilege in being able to switch gears at this stage of life. But I think we all have more freedom to choose our own path and goals than we often admit. Jorge: Well, that's a beautiful place to wrap this conversation, Peter, thank you so much for that invitation. I consider it an invitation to self-examination. Where can folks find you and follow up with you? Peter: Well, my websites are semanticstudios.com and intertwingled.org and as I mentioned, I'm still on Twitter. Jorge: And don't try calling Peter. We already know that. Peter: That's right. Don't try calling. Jorge: Well thank you so much, Peter. It's been a pleasure having you on the show. Peter: I enjoyed talking with you, Jorge. Thank you.

Larry Lessig is a Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, a co-founder of Creative Commons, and an advocate for "Fixing Democracy First". We chat about #POTUS1 (an anti-corruption initiative that Larry is leading), updates to his pathetic dot, and how he's thinking about crypto. https://twitter.com/lessig https://twitter.com/equalcitizensus https://twitter.com/RhysLindmark https://twitter.com/mitDCI

The Bros catch up with Larry Lessig, a Harvard law professor and former 2016 presidential candidate, on the role of academia in our society and its interaction with politics. (Note: Rupert Murdoch is NOT dead. Our bad.)

In this excerpt from The Dad Presents, Episode 31... J. Matty chats with Harvard Law Professor, Larry Lessig to discuss the campaign finance reform proposal HR1.

In Episode 31 of The Dad Presents... We answer your parenting questions. J. Matty sits down with Harvard Law Professor and 2016 Presidential Candidate, Larry Lessig, to talk HR1, a proposal to address campaign finance reform and gets baby-making advice from his 7-year-old. We dive into sexual consent and tell you about the fastest high school student in all the land. He's white. No shit. All that and more... Take a listen!

This is Larry Lessig, and this is Episode 2 of Season 2 of the podcast Another Way. In the first episode, I described two ways that the Constitution allows that amendments to the Constitution might be proposed. Only one of those two ways of proposing amendments has ever succeeded. The second way — “a convention”—has never happened, though we've gotten close. That second way terrifies people like Robert Reich. In this episode, I describe why.

The final episode in our series discusses how citizens can rewrite the social contract through participation in the democratic process. We hear from Larry Lessig, professor of law at Harvard Law School and 2016 presidential candidate; Eric Liu, founder and CEO of Citizen University; Charlotte Alter, national correspondent at TIME Magazine; and Amanda Nguyen, founder and CEO of Rise.For additional information on the issues we briefly examine, we recommend the following resources:E.J. Dionne & Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, The Promise of National Service: A (Very) Brief History of an Idea, Brookings (June 2, 2003), https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-promise-of-national-service-a-very-brief-history-of-an-idea/.Lawrence Lessig, Republic, Lost: Version 2.0 (Twelve 2015).Lawrence Lessig, I'm Trying to Run for President, but the Democrats Won't Let Me, POLITICO Mag. (Oct. 1, 2015), https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/lessig-lawrence-democrats-debate-2016-213215.Eric Liu, You're More Powerful than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen (PublicAffairs 2017).Eric Liu & Nick Hanauer, The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government (Sasquatch Books 2011).Eric Liu, How Donald Trump Is Reviving American Democracy, Atlantic (Mar. 8, 2017), https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/how-donald-trump-is-reviving-our-democracy/518928/.Charlotte Alter, The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough, TIME (Mar. 22, 2018), http://time.com/longform/never-again-movement/.Charlotte Alter, A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office, TIME (Jan. 18, 2018), http://time.com/5107499/record-number-of-women-are-running-for-office/.Amanda Nguyen, TED: Re-Writing Laws to Help Sexual Assault Survivors, YouTube (Dec. 20, 2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJBi8oyG18.Diana Pearl, How a 24-Year-Old Rape Survivor Is Pushing Congress to Change the Way the U.S. Handles Sexual Assault, People (Aug. 30, 2016), https://people.com/celebrity/amanda-nguyen-and-rise-profile-passing-sexual-assault-bill-of-rights/.Patrick D'Arcy, How to Turn a Cause into a Law, TED (Nov. 17, 2017), https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-turn-a-cause-into-a-law/.This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo.Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2)

If you imagine, lets just say a fighter, like a boxer. In the beginning, let’s imagine that our boxer’s poised. Meaning that he’s standing well balanced. That his ability to shift what he’s doing is actually very high. He can read and respond. And when he responds, the action that he takes keeps him in a position of being able to respond. My movement increases my ability to make better choices in the next moment. That’s what response means. Every choice you make has the characteristics of increasing your ability to make good choices in the next moment. Affiliate Disclosure  Who is Jordan Greenhall? Jordan Greenhall is the CEO of Neurohacker Collective and is now in his seventeenth year of building disruptive technology companies. Comics, science fiction, computers, too much TV and role-playing games led to a deep dive into contemporary philosophy (particularly the works of Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda), artificial intelligence and complex systems science in college. Jordan graduated from Texas A&M and  Harvard Law School where he spent time with Larry Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain and Cornel West examining the coevolution of human civilization and technology. In 1998, Jordan put all this stuff to use combining disruptive technology, movement building and a taste for going up against obsolete oligopolies. First as an early employee crafting strategy and product for MP3.com, then at InterVU (acquired by Akamai) and then finally in 2000 launching and leading the online digital video revolution as founder and CEO of DivX. After somewhat successfully navigating two financial crises and an IPO, he left the helm at DivX to return his attention to the big picture. Jordan participated in a number of think tanks and institutes; most notably, the Aspen Institute and the Santa Fe Institute where he served on the Board of Trustees for five sweet years. This exposure led him to the conclusion that humanity is in the midst of a world-historical transition which will likely kill all of us (see Mad Max) but just might end in a truly amazing future (see Star Trek). Getting there is going to require many things of us – most notably a significant upgrade of our individual and collective capacity for thought and action. After one week on an early Neurohacker Collective stack, he was convinced about the power and potential of this new technology and joined Daniel Schmachtenberger and James Schmachtenberger to bring it to the world. What is Sovereignty? Sovereignty is an individual's capacity to respond to the world. The three elements of sovereignty are perception, sense-making and meaning-making, and action. Jordan defines sovereignty in his essay as, "It is the ability to be present to the world and to respond to the world — rather than to be overwhelmed or merely reactive. Sovereignty is to be a conscious agent." For additional information, listen to the podcast episode and read Jordan's essay, "On Sovereignty." Key Highlights on Sovereignty Why Jordan is excited about the election of Donald Trump What is sovereignty? The historical transition underway, the factors which could lead to an apocalyptic moment, and how it might end a utopian future Three key elements of sovereignty Where to start if you want build sovereignty How to scale from individual to collective sovereignty The role of blockchain in accomplishing global sovereignty Additional Resources on Sovereignty On Sovereignty by Jordan Greenhall  On Thinking and Simulated Thinking by Jordan Greenhall Jordan's YouTube Channel Jordan's Medium page Final Questions What are Jordan's top tricks to enhance cognition? Breathing Meditation Qualia ___ Our sponsor today is Neurohacker Collective. Not surprising considering the CEO is on the show. I enjoy their products so much that I use them 5 out of 7 days. Whether it’s Qualia or Qualia Mind, which is a new formula that you should all try, I do find them to be completely revolutionary in the supplement world and I do think it upgrades me as a person to hopefully reach for sovereignty. If you wanna try either Qualia or Qualia Mind, go over to neurohacker.com right now, plug in the discount code BOOMER and you’ll get 10% off your first order or 15% off any subscription order. This is something I’ve been taking for the past 10 months and I’ve noticed a significant upgrade in my overall wellbeing, a reduction in anxiety, and just an ability to think clearly throughout the day. Does that sound like value to you? Well, I put a little skin in the game and I invested in their company recent WeFunder round. So that’s how much I believe in the product. I put some of my own money at stake. So again, go over and check it out, neurohacker.com and put in the code BOOMER for 10% off your first order or 15% off your subscription. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Creative Commons author, Larry Lessig talks about the messy collision of law and the internet. Dan Costa - Host Weston Almond - Producer/Director Kirsten Cluthe - Producer Pete Haas - Social Media Manager Jamie Lendino - Original Music In PCMag's Fast Forward video series, editor-in-chief Dan Costa talks to industry leaders about ground-breaking technology that will shape our future. Check out some of Dan's previous interviews here: https://goo.gl/rLPrCk PCMag.com is your ultimate destination for tech reviews and news. Subscribe to our videos here: https://goo.gl/JfBShr Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCMag Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PCMag Gawk at our photos on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pcmagofficial Get our latest tips and tricks on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pcmag

Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks) interviews Larry Lessig, law professor and founder of Equal Citizens. Learn more about the Equal Votes project:https://EqualVotes.US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cenk interviews Harvard Law professor, Larry Lessig to talk what Equal Citizens is about, broken “winner take all” system, effect of Bush v. Gore, Lessig’s attempt at running for president, and DNC corruption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avec : Audrey Tang, Ministre de l'économie digitale de Taïwan, TW (téléconférence) Adrienne Charmet, La Quadrature du Net, FR Manuel Beltrán, Institute of Human Obsolescence, ES Paul-Olivier Dehaye, PersonalData.IO, BE Modération : Amaelle Guiton, journaliste, FR Apparus dans le débat public il y a peu, avec l’influence croissante des géants du web, les algorithmes suscitent de nombreuses réactions qui oscillent entre craintes, fantasmes et promesses. Le forum European Lab accueillait en 2016 l’un de ses grands penseurs, Evgeny Morozov, qui milite ardemment pour une politique du big data et ne cesse d’alerter les citoyens sur le dark side du net et des dangers qu’il fait peser sur nos libertés et nos démocraties. Les algorithmes et les données sont au cœur des polémiques sur la post-vérité, accusés de permettre la diffusion de fake news au sein des « bulles de filtre » tandis que les entreprises privées et grandes multinationales se penchent de plus en plus sur les potentialités d’un secteur au rendement infini. Paris accueillait en mars dernier le forum Big Data qui estime à 445 millions d’euros les ressources tirées de l’exploitation des données. À l’heure où les données sont partout, comment réguler ce qui est en train de devenir le plus grand marché mondial ? Des chercheurs et activistes pensent à une façon de rétribuer les contributeurs via la mise en place d’un data basic income, les politiques publiques réfléchissent à une mise à profit vertueuse des données pour améliorer les services de leurs collectivités. Entre fantasme et réalité, progrès ou danger, quelles réalités et quels enjeux de sociétés posent la question du big data et de la généralisation des modèles algorithmiques ? Comme le disait en décembre dernier le grand Larry Lessig : il est grand temps de contrer « la segmentation du monde que provoque internet et son effet dévastateur sur les démocraties ». Crédit photo : Kévin buy

Columbia law professor Tim Wu makes me feel boring and underaccomplished. He’s been a Supreme Court clerk, a Silicon Valley startup employee, a bestselling author, and a star academic. He coined the term "network neutrality," wrote the superb book The Master Switch, and was dubbed "Genius Wu" by Richard Posner — a man many consider to be our smartest living judge. And this is to say nothing of Wu's award-winning side-gig as a — yes — travel writer.Anyway, screw that guy. Wu's new book is The Attention Merchants, and it's a history of how the advertising business has shaped the information we consume, the products we crave, and the way we think. We talk about that book, but we also talk about Wu's approach to life. He explains why his great strength is his ability to ignore inconsistency, how Larry Lessig shaped his career and his marriage, why working in Silicon Valley left him skeptical of markets, and Marshall McLuhan and Timothy Leary’s advertising jingle for acid (really).We also go deep into antitrust law, the inner workings of the Supreme Court, whether Google and Facebook are monopolies, and what a world without advertising in media might look like. So this conversation covers a lot of ground. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

United States CTO Megan Smith and Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig join us for todays #maketechhuman.  In this episode we discuss governing in a supremely digital age. How is it different? Where is it going? What can you do? 

European Lab WInter forum 2015 2025 : la prochaine décennie culturelle ? 15 - 17 décembre, la Gaîté lyrique, Paris La valeur de la démocratie : conf. call avec Larry Lessig Lawrence Lessig est professeur de droit à l’école de Droit de Harvard, et ancien directeur du Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics à l’Université d’Harvard. Il a aussi été enseignant à l’école de Droit de Stanford ou est a été créé le Center for Internet and Society et à l’Université de Chicago. Larry Lessig a aussi travaillé avec le Juge Richard Posner à la 7e cour d’appel de Justice Antonin Scalia à la Cour Suprême des Etats-Unis. Lawrence Lessig est aussi le Président et fondateur de Creative Commons, membre des bureaux de MAPLight, Brave New Film Foundation, The American Academy, Berlin, AXA Research Fund et iCommons.org et est membre exécutif de la Sunlight Foundation. Il est membre de l’Académie Américaine des Arts et des Sciences et de l’American Philosophical Association et à été récompensé de nombreux prix dont le Free Software Foundation’s Freedom Award, le Fastcase 50 Awards et fait partie du classement Scientific American’s Top 50 Visionaries. Lessig est diplômé en économie et en management de l’Université de Pennsylvanie, en philosophie à l’université de Cambridge et est également diplômé de Yale. Photo : ©Brice Robert

Alex Merced discusses his thoughts on money in politics. Email Alex Merced: EmailAlexMerced@gmail.com Support Alexs Efforts: Support.AlexMerced.com Alex Merceds Recommended Reading: Books.AlexMerced.comSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/alexmerced)

Kazuho Okui さんと、Magic Trackpad 2, レッシグ、Netflix, Amazon Prime Video などについて話しました。 Show Notes Keyboard On Magic Trackpad 2 Apple Mighty Mouse Logitech Mouse MX Larry Lessig for President 2016 ハウス・オブ・カード Téa Leoni Amazon pulling Apple TV and Chromecast Amazon.com: The Man In The High Castle

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/copyright-wars. Today there is an entire generation of people who have never paid for music. From Napster to YouTube, some of our most innovative and inventive young people have been the targets of lawsuits by entertainment industry lawyers for violating copyright laws. What are the ideas behind copyright protection? What is the philosophical and practical basis of copyright? Can rethinking the issues suggest the form of a truce between generations? Ken and John sample the copyright debate with Larry Lessig, author of "Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy."

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/who-owns-ideas. You can own a car or a bicycle. But what about an idea? If you invent a program it seems like you should have some say about its use. But can you really own the idea itself? Listen in and steal an idea or two from Larry Lessig, author of "The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World."

Lawrence Lessig is running for president as a Democrat, but you wouldn’t know it from watching the first Democratic debate on CNN. Lessig’s solitary focus is on ending the corrosive, corrupting influence of money on the American political system, a position that may be too hot for the Democratic National Committee, which barred Lessig from the first Democratic debate on October 13th in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you listen to a random episode of The Bryan Callen Show, you can bet that Bryan and I will be talking about how amazing Republic, Lost and its author Lawrence Lessig are. Well, we got him!!! Ladies and gentlemen, it is our extreme pleasure to present to you Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law Professor, advocate for internet freedom, campaign finance reformer and our choice for the next President of the United States. If you want to support fixing democracy first, then tweet at @joerogan to get him on the show or anywhere else you believe his message should be heard. Also tweet at major media outlets (@cnn, @abc...) to demand that they include Larry Lessig in the Presidential polls. Featured Link #1: https://lessig2016.us/ GUEST LINKS Website: https://lessig2016.us/ GUEST PROMOS Product 1: http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Lost-Corruption-Equality-Steps-ebook/dp/B00XUPPQOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442859615&sr=8-1&keywords=republic+lost+lessig

The Mandatory Sampson Podcast is back, as Chris and Joey sit down to do an in-depth analysis of the second GOP Presidential Debate, and discuss topics including a troubling revolt by fifty US CENTCOM analysts who claim their ISIS reports are being altered by senior officials, Colin Powell and Pope Francis endorsing the Iran Nuclear Deal and a clip of Dick and Liz Cheney ignoring facts about Iran on Fox News Sunday, Larry Lessig officially getting into the 2016 campaign, Baltimore reaching a settlement with Freddie Gray's family, a new study comparing the treatment of black and white kids in relation to prescribing opiod analgesia, and Nick Diaz's preposterous five-year suspension from MMA for smoking weed and and a great clip of Ronda Rousey defending him. Plus, Joey warns that the world might be coming to an end soon and he presents his Fuck Up Of The Week. Enjoy the episode! Thanks! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ManSamp ... twitter.com/A_Lozzi ... twitter.com/JoeyFromJerzey ... twitter.com/StandUpNYLabs Subscribe on YouTube for full episode videos and to watch the show stream LIVE Thursdays at 4:00pm: http://youtube.com/mandatorysampson Please rate and subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/manda…id932147356?mt=2 Go to http://standupnylabs.com to listen to all of the other great podcasts on the network.

Larry Lessig for president? The campaign finance reformer considers throwing his hat in the ring and proposes being president only long enough to pass a package of election reforms. What does Lessig believe about campaign finance? What other changes would he make in how we run our elections? Is his campaign strategy sound, given other reformers who have blasted his tactics? Larry Lessig joins us for a frank conversation about Lessig for President. Larry Lessig: Bold Campaign Reformer or Don Quixote?

This week on the Curmudgeon's Corner podcast Sam discusses his fever addled trip home from last week's vacation, then Sam and Ivan settle in to discuss Election 2016, first the Democrats, then the Republicans. We cover everything from Larry Lessig and Al Gore, to Clinton emails, Bush on Iraq, birthright citizenship and what happens if Trump actually wins.

This week on The Mandatory Sampson Podcast, Chris and Joey get into a variety of topics including Shell's Arctic drilling, SeaWorld's profits taking a plunge, a Planned Parenthood update, AT&T and the NSA working together to wiretap the UN, news about Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's role in Mosul's fall to ISIS, Larry Lessig's Citizen Equality Act Of 2017, Bernie Sanders' and Hillary Clinton's confrontations with #BlackLivesMatter over the last couple of weeks, new GOP poll numbers, and Joey presents his Fuck Up Of The Week. All that and more, so check it out! Thanks! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ManSamp ... twitter.com/A_Lozzi ... twitter.com/JoeyFromJerzey ... twitter.com/StandUpNYLabs Watch live on DailyMotion, Thursdays at 4:00pm: dailymotion.com/video/x2hj1sj_s…y-labs-live_fun Please rate and subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/manda…id932147356?mt=2 Go to standupnylabs.com to listen to all of the other great podcasts on the network.

On a very special episode of The Mandatory Sampson Podcast, Chris and Joey are joined by comic and host of http://soundcloud.com/rantinandravin on the Stand Up NY Labs Network, Yamaneika Saunders, to break down in depth the recent Republican debates, the death of Zachary Hammond, Ralkina Jones foreshadowing her own death in police custody, all-white militia group Oath Keepers patrolling Ferguson protests with rifles on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death, Larry Lessig's Citizen Equality Act, and a whole lot more. Thanks for listening everybody! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ManSamp ... twitter.com/A_Lozzi ... twitter.com/JoeyFromJerzey ... http://twitter.com/yamaneika ... twitter.com/StandUpNYLabs Watch live on DailyMotion, Thursdays at 4:00pm: dailymotion.com/video/x2hj1sj_s…y-labs-live_fun Please rate and subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/manda…id932147356?mt=2 Go to http://standupnylabs.com to listen to all of the other great podcasts on the network.

With the November elections behind us here in the US Jonathan Zittrain and Lawrence Lessig take on the issue of money in politics, and investigate how campaign contributions sway candidates for office and influence policy. In the face of a campaign finance system struggling to find a more ethical framework, Larry suggests a new basis for citizen funded elections, Democracy Vouchers. Jonathan inquires as to what a Democracy Voucher is and just how the heck such a system would work. What are your thoughts? Any compliments or criticisms? What topic would you like to see Jonathan and Larry take on next month? Share your ideas with us in the comments, or drop us a tweet. CC-licensed Music this Week from Morgantj and Scott Altham. Photo courtesy of Amar Ashar. Produced this week by Daniel Dennis Jones and Molly Sauter, with hosts Larry Lessig and Jonathan Zittrain, and help from David Weinberger, Amar Ashar, Jake Shapiro, Lisa Carlivati, and Szelena Gray.

The year was 1998. Cher’s autotune anthem Believe was one of the year’s biggest hits, Titanic had swept the Oscars, and in some sterile software campus in the Northwest, Bill Gates was rehearsing a deposition. It’s been over 12 years since Gates’ and Microsoft’s anti-trust battle with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission first hit the courts. It is still seen as a watershed for the management of technology companies in the dot com age. But in the dozen years that have passed, people are still speculating whether the anti-trust case against Microsoft made any difference, and whether the software and technology companies of today are engaging in anti-competitive practices similar to or more risky than the ones that got Microsoft in trouble. Who are the Microsofts of today? Facebook? Apple? Google? And how do we manage competition in the digital age? Today, two of the leading minds on the internet and law, Jonathan Zittrain and Larry Lessig, take on competition.

Net Neutrality. What started out as a high level policy debate among internet service providers and telecommunications geeks has since blossomed into an all out war, with battle lines ostensibly drawn between those who value free expression and innovation on one side, and free market advocates on another. The idea is that ISPs should not be allowed discriminate between any kind of content that comes over the wires to your home. The implication is that some regulator needs to step in to make sure this idea is enforced. But as with any contentious debate there are subtleties, complications, and hints that the discussion should be steered in a completely different direction. And few have a better acuity for the nuances of such a geeky topic than Jonathan Zittrain and Larry Lessig.

So it looks like you guys liked “Zittrain and Lessig Take On… Competition!” Last week’s season premiere of Radio Berkman drew the largest number of listeners and tweets in our show’s history! Jonathan Zittrain and Larry Lessig co-host a definitive tour of how the competitive landscape for the digital technology market has evolved in the 12 years since the famous Microsoft antitrust battle. Give it a listen if you haven’t already. Are you ready for a second helping? Ever wondered how Microsoft got in trouble in the first place? Google’s got all those little apps and widgets that run our lives — is that legal? And could Apple’s Steve Jobs be the next to get hauled in front of a federal judge? This week segment producers (and non-lawyers) Daniel Dennis Jones and Molly Sauter take on “Competition” in plain English, with viewpoints from Ken Auletta, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Gary Reback, Phil Malone, and Brian Chen.

Bradley and Karen discuss the new license of their show, multi-platform Free Software projects and conferences Bradley attended this month. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:32) All recordings for the first 0x01 attempt had an annoying audio buzz. (01:18) The Free as in Freedom oggcast is now licensed CC-By-SA 3.0 Unported (03:10) Karl Fogel is Executive Director of Question Copyright. (03:35) Karen mentioned the Free Culture definition. (08:22) Larry Lessig presented to an FSF Members Meeting using Mac. (09:22) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not OpenOffice.org and/or Firefox run better on non-GNU/Linux systems than on GNU/Linux. (18:00) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not otherwise proprietary company control of Free Software causes problems by default. (21:10) Segment 1 (27:00) Lara Moy got Ubuntu running on her Mac hardware. (27:30) Bradley attended the jQuery Conference Boston 2010 (28:30) Bradley was at the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit. (36:26) Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on identi.ca and and Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bradley and Karen discuss the new license of their show, multi-platform Free Software projects and conferences Bradley attended this month. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:32) All recordings for the first 0x01 attempt had an annoying audio buzz. (01:18) The Free as in Freedom oggcast is now licensed CC-By-SA 3.0 Unported (03:10) Karl Fogel is Executive Director of Question Copyright. (03:35) Karen mentioned the Free Culture definition. (08:22) Larry Lessig presented to an FSF Members Meeting using Mac. (09:22) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not OpenOffice.org and/or Firefox run better on non-GNU/Linux systems than on GNU/Linux. (18:00) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not otherwise proprietary company control of Free Software causes problems by default. (21:10) Segment 1 (27:00) Lara Moy got Ubuntu running on her Mac hardware. (27:30) Bradley attended the jQuery Conference Boston 2010 (28:30) Bradley was at the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit. (36:26) Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).