Comments on: Lessig’s New Direction http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/lessigs-new-direction/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wesley Fryer http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/lessigs-new-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-17537 Wesley Fryer Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:34:43 +0000 http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/lessigs-new-direction/#comment-17537 Since Lessig is a lawyer and has an extensive legal background, I'm sure he'll be reading about, considering and eventually advocating for legal changes in our system. I wonder if any of these will be proposed Constitutional changes. I do think our Constitution has proven to be a remarkably flexible document to use as the foundation of our nation, but I also agree with those who point out that we are in need of continued improvement. I definitely think the founders of our country did NOT envision or desire to enable a system which permits special interests to wield such powerful influence, particularly via money in generally hidden, non-transparent ways. I would suspect campaign finance reform will be an issue Lessig might address in this regard, though he does not specifically mention it. Lessig was the first professor I ever found online who is an avid blogger, and reading his work has both shaped my own perceptions about many things as well as served as a model for me in my own blogging. I hope (and suspect) he'll continue the same conversational dialog on his blog about his work and the issue's he's both thinking about and working on. The "virtual window into his mind" which his blog provides is intellectually stimulating and refreshing. I'm also hopeful he'll be able to make some constructive, positive contributions to our political process. We certainly need people with the knowledge, expertise, and passion that he will bring to the table working for the common good in government, and not just the "special interests." Since Lessig is a lawyer and has an extensive legal background, I’m sure he’ll be reading about, considering and eventually advocating for legal changes in our system. I wonder if any of these will be proposed Constitutional changes. I do think our Constitution has proven to be a remarkably flexible document to use as the foundation of our nation, but I also agree with those who point out that we are in need of continued improvement. I definitely think the founders of our country did NOT envision or desire to enable a system which permits special interests to wield such powerful influence, particularly via money in generally hidden, non-transparent ways. I would suspect campaign finance reform will be an issue Lessig might address in this regard, though he does not specifically mention it.

Lessig was the first professor I ever found online who is an avid blogger, and reading his work has both shaped my own perceptions about many things as well as served as a model for me in my own blogging. I hope (and suspect) he’ll continue the same conversational dialog on his blog about his work and the issue’s he’s both thinking about and working on. The “virtual window into his mind” which his blog provides is intellectually stimulating and refreshing. I’m also hopeful he’ll be able to make some constructive, positive contributions to our political process. We certainly need people with the knowledge, expertise, and passion that he will bring to the table working for the common good in government, and not just the “special interests.”

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