The Assault on Reason

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by Al Gore

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What are best practices for engaging the millennial generation in public discourse and to take active roles in our democracy?
Daniel How about: if you want to change the world, don't copyright your books and reserve all rights. Publish them instead under a free license. Restricting …moreHow about: if you want to change the world, don't copyright your books and reserve all rights. Publish them instead under a free license. Restricting free copying with police state action limits your audience to people who already agree with you enough to buy a copy. That is, you end up preaching to your choir. To reach the people you need to reach - those who do not already agree with you - you must allow the readers who do agree with you to give away free copies of your book to their friends. Then you can harness the powerful mind-changing force of social recommendation.
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