Lessig is spot on!

Keeping on the same thread of yesterday’s post, I’d like to again comment on Lawrence Lessig’s speech. And this time I’d like to focus on two of his statements: (1)“never have fewer people controlled more of our culture” and if you recall he quoted J.C. Watts and said (2)”If your explaining, your losing” because we live in a bumper sticker nation.

I completely agree with Lessig on both fronts!

It’s ridicules how pre-packaged and censored all our entertainment and art has become! Are there any true forms of expression? Somewhere amid all the American Idols and Apprentice winners of the world there is a smothered original thought we’re all being deprived off. I think Lessig’s point about how fast the world moves is especially relevant in politics. Direct mail, thirty second television ads and even interactive websites only get about ten seconds to engage the viewers. Fact is it’s hard to deny… if voters don’t get your message right away, they stop listening.

Are there any opportunities for candidates to make a second impression in the 21st Century? What about through different forms of communication (i.e.: t.v., radio, etc)?