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This is not a "review" so much as it is Lessig explaining why the internet is different, and why it is important, and why it matters to you. Especially to you,

This is not a "review" so much as it is Lessig explaining why the internet is different, and why it is important, and why it matters to you. Especially to you, reader of Hacker News. Reading this review has further improved my opinion of Lawrence Lessig.

trickjarrett 16y ago
Every time I see a video of him speaking, or read something he has written, my opinion of him leaps forward. He uses a lot of big words and yet is able to clearly and simply explain that which needs to be explained. Why the Internet should not be governed by the industrial revolution's concepts.
- wallflower 16y ago
  "Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture talk at the 2002 Open Source Conference. The master of the simple slides shows us how it’s done. And since, as he says, this is his 100th time for this talk, he has this bad boy down solid. Even though this talk is from 2002, his slide presentation style is still as fresh today as Axe Body Spray."[1] http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html [1] http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2006/08/21/top-10-best-presentations-ever/ http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2006/08/21/top-10-best-presentati...
chopsueyar 16y ago
Can you please explain to me what you mean? I have read the article and do not understand why this is especially important to Hacker News.
dgreensp 16y ago
It's not a "review" so much as it is Lessig explaining why he is different, why he is important, and why he matters to you. The pretentious tone (ridiculous parentheticals, using and linking "grok" for no reason) doesn't help, but all he does is criticize Sorkin for, as a "Hollywood type", missing the real story, which is how awesome and revolutionary the Internet is; plus apparently making the lawyers look too good. There should totally have been another line in the movie like, "Hey, by the way, isn't the Internet awesome and revolutionary? I'm not asking anyone's permission, in case you missed it, to put this website online. Compare _that_ to old models of distribution!" He's talking down to both the moviemakers and the audience simultaneously, saying everyone will miss the _profundity_ of what this means about the Internet, like some bigger-egoed Sagan who criticizes space films that don't drive home how _big_ and _amazing_ the universe is, a perspective that too few seem to appreciate.

trickjarrett 16y ago

Every time I see a video of him speaking, or read something he has written, my opinion of him leaps forward. He uses a lot of big words and yet is able to clearly and simply explain that which needs to be explained. Why the Internet should not be governed by the industrial revolution's concepts.

wallflower 16y ago
"Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture talk at the 2002 Open Source Conference. The master of the simple slides shows us how it’s done. And since, as he says, this is his 100th time for this talk, he has this bad boy down solid. Even though this talk is from 2002, his slide presentation style is still as fresh today as Axe Body Spray."[1] http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html [1] http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2006/08/21/top-10-best-presentations-ever/ http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2006/08/21/top-10-best-presentati...

chopsueyar 16y ago

Can you please explain to me what you mean? I have read the article and do not understand why this is especially important to Hacker News.

dgreensp 16y ago

It's not a "review" so much as it is Lessig explaining why he is different, why he is important, and why he matters to you. The pretentious tone (ridiculous parentheticals, using and linking "grok" for no reason) doesn't help, but all he does is criticize Sorkin for, as a "Hollywood type", missing the real story, which is how awesome and revolutionary the Internet is; plus apparently making the lawyers look too good. There should totally have been another line in the movie like, "Hey, by the way, isn't the Internet awesome and revolutionary? I'm not asking anyone's permission, in case you missed it, to put this website online. Compare _that_ to old models of distribution!" He's talking down to both the moviemakers and the audience simultaneously, saying everyone will miss the _profundity_ of what this means about the Internet, like some bigger-egoed Sagan who criticizes space films that don't drive home how _big_ and _amazing_ the universe is, a perspective that too few seem to appreciate.