You were complaining about HN "becoming a political message board," which I took to mean you didn't want to see any posts relating to politics here. Also, as I

You were complaining about HN "becoming a political message board," which I took to mean you didn't want to see any posts relating to politics here. Also, as I recall Lessig's work used to focus on copyright and intellectual property, and it was his experience trying to advocate for sensible reforms to those laws that led him to shift his focus towards what he terms the "corruption" that allow the Disneys and Comcasts of the world to force through bad laws like the DMCA (or repealing net neutrality) and block more sensible laws and regulations. So there is a line from this post back towards tech-related law issues.