Remember The Refrain: We Always Build On

There Is A Regulation Of Behavior On The Internet And In Cyberspace, But That Regulation Is Imposed Primarily Through Code. The Differences In The Regulations Effected Through Code Distinguish Different Parts Of The Internet And Cyberspace. In Some Places, Life Is Fairly Free; In Other Places, It Is More Controlled. And The Difference Between These Spaces Is Simply A Difference In The Architectures Of Control--that Is, A Difference In Code.

Change The Way We Fund Campaigns. Until We Do, Wall Street Will Always Be Able To Blackmail The Dems And Gop To Giving Them What Wall Street Wants.

Some Blame The Drug Companies. I Don't. They Are Corporations. Their Managers Are Ordered By Law To Make Money For The Corporation. They Push A Certain Patent Policy Not Because Of Ideals,but Because It Is The Policy That Makes Them The Most Money. And It Only Makes Them The Most Money Because Of A Certain Corruption Within Our Political System-a Corruption The Drug Companies Are Certainly Not Responsible For. The Corruption Is Our Own Politicians' Failure Of Integrity.

Overregulation Stifles Creativity. It Smothers Innovation. It Gives Dinosaurs A Veto Over The Future. It Wastes The Extraordinary Opportunity For A Democratic Creativity That Digital Technology Enables.

There Is A Culture Among Academics To Be Obscure. If You're Too Clear, You Can't Be Saying Anything Interesting. The Issue Isn't Word Length. The Issue Is A Commitment To Speaking In A Way An Audience Can Understand.