Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
David Weigel has a good write-up of the National Press Club launch of Larry Lessig’s Change Congress project.
I’m interested in changing the way things work – witness WashingtonWatch.com – and I have no doubt about the earnest good intentions of Professor Lessig. But there are plenty of reasons why the project might not succeed, and indeed might be harmful to discourse in our democracy. They’re articulated well in the comments to Weigel’s post.
Jim Harper / Jim is the Director of Information Policy Studies at The Cato Institute, the Editor of Web-based privacy think-tank Privacilla.org, and the Webmaster of WashingtonWatch.com. Prior to becoming a policy analyst, Jim served as counsel to committees in both the House and Senate.
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