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That's the argument at the core of this blistering talk by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig. With rapid-fire visuals, he shows how the funding process weakens the Republic in the most fundamental way, and issues a rallying bipartisan cry that will resonate with many in the U.S. and beyond.
- Style, Substance, Or Both?
- Speech Opening
- Lots of Humour
- Keeping The Big Picture in Mind
- Repetition
- Lessig Techniques
- Summary of Presentation Chunks
- Analogies Abound
- Room For Improvement
- Comments from Reviewers
Hardt’s talk uses the Lessig Method or Lessig Presentation style. (Hardt credits Lawrence Lessig on his last slide.) In fact, this talk has often been cited (example1, example2) as one of the more noteworthy examples of the Lessig Method of presentation. Lessig himself commentson the presentation: The Lessig style is certainly the first thing one n...
Opening “Who am I?” segment. Rather than seeming like a “let me quickly introduce myself so that I can get on with my real talk”, the introductory “Who am I?” segment is core to the presentation (after all, this isa talk about identity) and is consistent with the presentation style used throughout. “if you don’t know Dick” (00:56) – This is a refer...
He gets plenty of laughs at 1:18, 1:52, 2:22, 2:50, 3:20, 6:14, 6:26, 8:00, 11:00, and 12:32, and there are other funny bits as well. There is even some “hidden” humour, such as the pictures of Mona Lisa and Lady Diana in the photo ID at 3:00.
Know (and identify with) your audience. Hardt cycles through books, magazines, and movies which he enjoys (at 2:24). This is not filler. Since it is likely his audience shares these likes with him, the implicit message is: “Hey, I’m just like one of you.” This message is made even more powerful when he follows up with the Porsche logo. “Join my Ide...
“Trust”.This word appears over and over again in the presentation slides, at 2:45, 2:54, 3:20, 3:40, 4:27, 5:11, 6:06, 6:31, and 10:14. Does this imply that Hardt is trustworthy? That his digital identity solution can be trusted? Either way, it’s a win for him. More repetition.Several words/phrases/slides are repeated in this talk. For example, “I ...
Honor by Association. In the sequence where Hardt mentions Sxip (and its pronunciation), the previous three slides are industry heavyweights: Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. Although his words are not saying “We are great just like them”, this sequence of slides creates this impression in the mind of the audience. “Honor by association” can be sugges...
At 5:20, a summary of the talk so far is given before moving on to the next topic. This divides the talk between “what you already know” and “what new things I’m going to tell you”.
The primary analogy between “real world identity” (photo ID) and digital identity is key. The talk hinges on this. But other analogies are used as well (e.g. DOS/Windows vs Identity 1/2) to enhance the understandability of the message.
The presentation wasn’t perfect. For example: 1. I found the logic lacking around 9:30-10:00, and in a few other places. 2. The use of XMLto itemize points at 10:51 is odd. I know that his live audience will all recognize this as XML, but why use it? It seems gratuitous. 3. Contrary to the very effective use of white text on black (as noted above),...
Nonetheless, the strengths of this presentation far outweigh the weaknesses. There’s no wonder that it has received such high praise from many reviewers. Alex Barnett: The You Blog: Noah Campbell: Elizabeth Lane Lawley: Knowhr.com lists the Identity 2.0 talk as one of the the Top 10 Best Presentations Ever(alongside Dr. Martin Luther King) : Finall...
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Oct 7, 2005 · October 07, 2005. The "Lessig Method" of presentation is not an official method per se, but many people who know about the work of Stanford law professor, Lawrence Lessig, have been inspired by his presentation style and informally refer to his approach as something unique indeed.
Presentations by Lawrence Lessig on a range of subjects from Free Culture to corruption [with Net Neutrality, privacy, cyberlaw, copyright and Democ... Full description and show credits. On Twitter. Follow this series. On Facebook. Share. Featured episodes in Lawrence Lessig Lectures. Play. Good Soul Corruption. Lawrence Lessig Lectures.
Lawrence Lessig, free culture, presentation. This is Lawrence Lessig “classic” Free Culture presentation given at the O’Reilly Open Source Conference on July 24, 2002. (Content is identical to the original presentation available at http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/ ).
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Professor Lessig gave a presentation on a chapter from his recent book, which defines institutional corruption as something inherently different from individual corruption, such as bribery. Professor Lessig's definition asserts that institutional corruption occurs when institutions develop improper dependencies, resulting in a loss of necessary ...
