"...the Chicago School economists who used shitty math to prove that greed is good and that corruption consists solely of direct quid-pro-quo bribery..."
Yea, I stopped there. Interested in other's reactions though.
Yea, I stopped there. Interested in other's reactions though.
take their snark in stride — focus on the big picture
> Lessig walks a fine line between academic and activist
Society doesn't need (and can't afford) more people conflating activism and academy.
Montesquieu, Burke, etc...
Academic ideas renew society.
> Lester Lawrence Lessig III is an American academic, attorney, and political activist.
So it's pretty clear that he's both.
Others have rightly pointed out that there have been many examples of academics who were also activists, and you're pointing out that Lessig is an academic on paper (as are the "academics" I referenced in the previous paragraph, although Lessig may be legitimate). Both of these are valid, correct observations, but they miss my point (which isn't to say that my point is good; only that it survives these observations! :) ).