Technology Regulation

How More Regulation for U.S. Tech Could Backfire  By Larry Downes   in the HBR

" ... Innovation and its discontents are nothing new, of course, going back at least to the 18th century, when Luddites physically attacked industrial looms. Hostility to the internet appeared the moment the Web became a commercial technology, threatening from the outset to upend traditional businesses and maybe even our deeply embedded beliefs about family, society, and government. George Mason University’s Adam Thierer, reviewing a resurgence of books about the “existential threat” of disruptive innovation, has detailed what he calls a “techno-panic template” in how we react to disruptive innovations that don’t fit into familiar categories.

But with the proliferation of new products and their reach ever-deeper into our work, home, and personal lives, the relentless tech revolt of the last year shouldn’t really have come as any surprise, especially to those of us in Silicon Valley.  ... "