Dear Mr. Lessig, I was/am inspired by your TED talks. (I'm a TEDActive-ist.) I co-founded a nonprofit startup accelerator and serve on the Mayor's Innovation & Tech Advisory Board for Houston. Three years ago, I decided to "run FROM office" – friends said I should run for office, but I didn't want to win. After your talk, I now want to run in order to prove something: We CAN take the money out of politics. I want to run an all-volunteer, crowdsourced, non-corporate-funded campaign. Any advice?

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Lessig

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3 Responses to Dear Mr. Lessig, I was/am inspired by your TED talks. (I'm a TEDActive-ist.) I co-founded a nonprofit startup accelerator and serve on the Mayor's Innovation & Tech Advisory Board for Houston. Three years ago, I decided to "run FROM office" – friends said I should run for office, but I didn't want to win. After your talk, I now want to run in order to prove something: We CAN take the money out of politics. I want to run an all-volunteer, crowdsourced, non-corporate-funded campaign. Any advice?

  1. Frederick Malouf says:
    May 5, 2014 at 7:26 am

    I would suggest that crowdsourcing can be applied across all sectors, not just politics. I am currently working on a crowdsource website to achieve exactly that, shifting status out of money to creating quality, based around perpetual sustainability. I can definitely use some help on that, if you are interested. This in itself will change the face of politics as we know it. 🙂

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