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In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt.
Lawrence Lessig
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Lawrence Lessig
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 3
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We always build on the past the past always tries to stop us.
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