TED Ideas worth spreading
November 6, 2007 by Ravenelle
Filed under In the news, Misc.
About this Talk
Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of “three stories and an argument.” The Net’s most adored lawyer brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the “ASCAP cartel” to build a case for creative freedom. He pins down the key shortcomings of our dusty, pre-digital intellectual property laws, and reveals how bad laws beget bad code. Then, in an homage to cutting-edge artistry, he throws in some of the most hilarious remixes you’ve ever seen.
About Larry Lessig
Stanford professor Larry Lessig is one of our foremost authorities on copyright issues. In a time when “content” is not confined to a film canister, Lessig has a vision for reconciling creative freedom with marketplace competition. Read full bio »
The Wall turns 25
Going over my daily list of blogs and web pages I keep up with alerted me that coming up is the 25th anniversary of the Wall. I remember a traveling Wall. I wonder if it is the same wall or just a replica that was taken around to cities so everyone could experience it. Nevertheless there was a Wall set up at the fairgrounds near where I grew up and our family went to see it. My mom looked for and found the names of some of her friends from high school and showed me, and my dad went off another direction, it was a large wall. I went to go be by him but then I stopped as I saw my dad kneel down and leave his medals from the war.
At 14 or 15 it was just one of those moments in time where everything stops and it imprints in your mind.
What do they do with all the things like that, that are left at the Wall. There are 58,000 names on the Wall, made of polished black granite.
Maybe it’s not appropriate to bring up Iraq but here is a site that keeps track of war casualties.
How terrifying it would be to have someone shooting at you, bombing you, hating you like this enough to kill you or worse, being indifferent. What if you are a child? Is there humanity in war?
I am not anti military, it’s necessary still. I’d like to see war updated though. How about wars fought inside a contained space, where the people who don’t want to be involved in the war can be safe? There just seems that there must be a better way to resolve conflict than all this killing, hurting and terrorism.
I am thankful I am safe and all my needs are met. I am thankful I am free and not oppressed by my government, my family, or my own thinking. I wish this for everyone. Close your eyes for a moment, let yourself be still in body and in mind, feel the peace, feel love surrounding you.
