Comments on: Lessig at Educause http://cac.ophony.org/2009/11/11/lessig-at-educause/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wendy http://cac.ophony.org/2009/11/11/lessig-at-educause/comment-page-1/#comment-39636 Wendy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:33:59 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/?p=2822#comment-39636 Thanks for posting this. I have used an older talk by Lessig in teaching, and maybe I will switch to this very current one. I only have only had time to start watching it, but it looks useful and very clear in outlining his ideas. Thanks for posting this. I have used an older talk by Lessig in teaching, and maybe I will switch to this very current one. I only have only had time to start watching it, but it looks useful and very clear in outlining his ideas.

]]> By: Boone Gorges http://cac.ophony.org/2009/11/11/lessig-at-educause/comment-page-1/#comment-39614 Boone Gorges Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:21:12 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/?p=2822#comment-39614 I was lucky to be in the audience for this talk, and I have to say it was the highlight of all the sessions at the conference. At the same time, I felt the same emotional ambivalence during Lessig's talk that I feel when I read his books and articles: first angered by ways the system is broken, then invigorated to be a warrior for What Is Right, then dejected and depressed because the problems are so overwhelming and fundamental. I tweeted heavily through the first part of the session but by the end was feeling too sad and overwhelmed to type much! That said, the last part of Lessig's talk is extremely important, as it's where he lays out what we, as academics and educators and geeks, can do to build a more sensible culture. My moodiness aside, I recommend the talk as well! I was lucky to be in the audience for this talk, and I have to say it was the highlight of all the sessions at the conference. At the same time, I felt the same emotional ambivalence during Lessig’s talk that I feel when I read his books and articles: first angered by ways the system is broken, then invigorated to be a warrior for What Is Right, then dejected and depressed because the problems are so overwhelming and fundamental. I tweeted heavily through the first part of the session but by the end was feeling too sad and overwhelmed to type much!

That said, the last part of Lessig’s talk is extremely important, as it’s where he lays out what we, as academics and educators and geeks, can do to build a more sensible culture. My moodiness aside, I recommend the talk as well!

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