October 8, 2008 11:15AM 

# What Is This Drawing About? 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Arts+Labs, a new coalition “committed to a better, safer internet that works for both artists and consumers,” has written up [Friday’s book forum on *The Crime of Reason*](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5153) on their [ArtLab blog](http://blog.artsandlabs.com/2008/10/cato-book-forum-on-intellectual-property-rights.html). Author Robert B. Laughlin will present his book, then we’ll have comments from Tom Sydnor of the Progress and Freedom Foundation.

I’ve gotten a glimpse at the slides Dr. Laughlin will be using, and this Nobel laureate in physics also turns out to be something of an artist.

[Join us Friday](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5153) to learn what this image is all about.

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