“When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.”

— Lawrence Lessig

Keynote address at the "One Planet, One Net" symposium sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (10 October 1998)

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American academic, political activist. 1961

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