I thought this thread might be interesting to list members! The main argument from Lessig, it seems to me, is that transparency in itself is not unconditionally a good thing (of course!). The crux of the argument is that while the transparency lobby may focus on the corrupting influence of money (which confirms the public's suspicion that political decisions follow money, and can do more harm than good) - we should spend more time reforming our public institutions, e.g. push for publicly funded elections.
http://www.tnr.com/print/article/books-and-arts/against-transparency Jonathan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: eleonora panto <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM Subject: [eups2.0] Lessig, Zuckermann et al. on trasparency To: [email protected] Surely, you already read these: Lessig: Against Transparency http://www.tnr.com/print/article/books-and-arts/against-transparency Zuckermann On connectint the dots - a response to Lessing Transparency http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/10/12/on-connecting-the-dots-a-response-to-lessig-on-transparency/ Which could be the transparency collateral effects in European countries? Eleonora Panto' -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ http://www.puntopanto.it http://it.globalvoicesonline.org skype: epanto --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eups20" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/eups20?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
