If zero percent of the elites support something, very low chance it's going to pass, if 100% support something, very high chance it's going to pass. Same thing for organized interest groups. But for the average voter, it's a flat line. Which says it doesn't matter whether zero percent of the public believes something or 100% of the average voters believe something - it doesn't affect the probability that that thing will be enacted.
Lawrence LessigA time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense.
Lawrence LessigSome may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter.
Lawrence LessigI'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.
Lawrence Lessig