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Republic, Lost | Lawrence Lessig | Talks at Google

Lawrence Lessig's Talks at Google presentation based on his book Republic, Lost, arguing that money in politics corrupts Congress and eroded public trust, and outlining what could be done about it. It supports the argument with data on political donations.

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Why HN readers recommended it

A perennial HN recommendation whenever lobbying, SOPA, taxes or political corruption come up, with several commenters saying it changed their views.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Talks at Google
Topic
money in politics
Format
talk
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
10
HN mentions in dataset
17
Recommendation years in dataset
2011–2017

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • > This idea that the root cause of all bad legislation is political donations: it's wrong, and not supported by the data. The vast majority of political donations are made by people who are not lobbyists. You make a very bold statement without backing it …

    Dn_Ab on Hacker News · 2012-01
    In The next SOPA

  • I haven't read his previous book, "Republic, Lost", but I saw the 1 hour speech at Google from last year, that was based on it, and it was great. He explains how the Government ended up having a relationship with corporations instead of "the people", …

    nextparadigms on Hacker News · 2012-03
    In Lawrence Lessig's New Book: One Way Forward

  • If your really interested in doing something about it, I would suggest taking a look at [LINK] And without a second lost, watch this: [VIDEO] That video has changed my point of view on the entire subject and has allowed me to start striking at …

    spoiledtechie on Hacker News · 2012-03
    In The new Comcast Xbox Xfinity app is the first nail in net neutrality’s coffin

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