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Writing is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound.

"Writing" is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound.

Lawrence Lessig
Latin, Writing, People
Wikimania conference, August 2006.

And with a practice of writing comes a certain important integrity. A culture filled with bloggers thinks differently about politics or public affairs, if only because more have been forced through the discipline of showing in writing why A leads to B.

Lawrence Lessig
Integrity, Writing, Thinking
Lawrence Lessig (2009). “Remix: Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy”, p.96, A&C Black

As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public issues. It is easy to be wrong and misguided in your head. It is harder when the product of your mind can be criticized by others. Of course, it is a rare human who admits that he has been persuaded that he is wrong. But it is even rarer for a human to ignore when he has been proven wrong. The writing of ideas, arguments, and criticism improves democracy.

Lawrence Lessig
Writing, Thinking, Ideas
Lawrence Lessig “Free Culture”, Lulu.com

One theme of what I've been writing has been to get people to understand that "apolitical" means "you lose." It doesn't mean you live a utopian life free of politicians' influence. The destruction of the public domain is the clearest example, but it will only be the first.

Lawrence Lessig
Writing, Mean, People

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