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Turning niche practices into cultural norms

December 16th, 2007 america, corruption, culture, freedom, government, independence, lessig, reform, scholarship, todomundo | No Comments »

In this excellent lecture, Lessig suggests that the practices of a small group of people with regard to corruption can, over time, challenge and critically change cultural norms. I especially appreciate his thinking about the notion of “independence”. Lessig is focused primarily on government officials yet it reminded me of my revulsion at many […]