“A major national newspaper could have the highest-paid technology writer in the world. But what happens to that writer when it turns out that the columns read by more, and recommended by most, are written by eighteen-year-old bloggers? The New York Times used to have the power to say who was the mos…”— Lawrence Lessig, amazon.comTagged: Cultural Gatekeepers, Mass Control, Cultura, Cultural Elitism vs. Democratic Consumerism
“The most valuable contribution to our economy comes from connectivity, not content.”— Lawrence Lessig, amazon.comTagged: Connection, Connectionism, Medium = Message
“Inspiring more creativity is more important than whether you or I like the creativity we've inspired.”— Lawrence Lessig, amazon.comTagged: Creativity, Your Own Terms, More Creativity, Thought Catalog, Pushing Creativity
“For most of the Middle Ages in Europe, the elite spoke and wrote in Latin. The masses did not. They spoke local, or vernacular, languages— what we now call French, German, and English. What was important to the elites was thus inaccessible to the masses. The most 'important' texts were understood by…”— Lawrence Lessig, amazon.comTagged: Democratization, Opening of Culture, Opening of Language