Working in a University environment is a different business, as I’m realizing. Someone said to me that mentioning that I read Lessig’s blog is bad, since he’s the competition. OK so let’s compete with him.
Doesn’t every successful player scrutinize their opponents? Do football players watch game films? Didn’t Toyota learn how to build the Lexus models by taking apart Mercedes-Benzes? Does MSFT not watch what it’s competitors are doing?
An odd feeling, to be sure. I won’t waste a lot of time pushing that idea.
Of course, it helps to remember that I’ve also heard academia called “the last bastion of socialism.”