Osler's Razor

You know how yesterday I said that Guido Calabresi was the smartest professor in school when I was there? Well the smartest student, to many minds, was Larry Lessig, now a Stanford Prof and leading scholar on issues involving the internet. He certainly is one of the most influential (though other candidates would include David Yassky and Jack Goldsmith). Today, the New York Times reported that he is likely to run for Congress. Though that isn't the big political news of the day, it does sound like an intriguing race.

If you have the need to read, Lessig's books are sharp, accessible, and important. More than anyone else, he has recognized how the development of the internet has changed the law when most of us weren't looking.