The Nature of Corruption

One of my favorite talks at Sage Congress 2012 was Larry Lessig's talk, "Ingredients for Innovation."  If you have any interest in copyright, corruption in politics, or the 99% movement, you should really spend an hour and listen to this.  It's brilliantly delivered and easy to follow, so you don't need a PhD and familiarity in the field to understand it!

Ingredients for Innovation

Incidentally, while I was at Sage Congress I met a gentleman who had a copy of the US constitution who he carried around to ask his heroes to sign.  He would ask them to sign their favorite clause.  Lessig's?

"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

Lessig put forth the idea that we now have a de facto nobility in the US, and after listening to his talk, I'm inclined to agree.