Comments on Lessig’s Code
I just finished reading Code.
It would have been much easier to read if the footnotes had been at the bottom of each page.
I think his comments on sovereignty should be taken to their logical conclusion. 1. Sovereignty is the power to rightfully set rules; and 2. Computer code forms the only direct law on the internet. Programmers, by writing code, are the ones who rightfully set the rules. Aren’t they the true, not merely de-facto, sovereigns of what their code governs—the internet?