The Coming Conflict Between Technology & Regulations
25th May 2011
There’s been a lot of talk about the e-G8 Conference this week, which was an attempt to bring together technology and internet leaders with government officials. The idea, apparently, was for government officials to convince the digerati that it was time for government to take a much more active role in regulating the internet. The initial reports suggest that the tech folks weren’t buying what Nicolas Sarkozy and other government officials were selling — with some putting out scathing reports about any company willing to help the government clamp down on free speech online.
If it moves, tax it. If it’s still moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it and put a government bureaucracy in charge.
May 26th, 2011 at 03:08
The future is coming and there are enough nationalist, socialist programmers who desire the superiority of their racial nation or of socialism that the free Internet will be crushed. The digerati will never use violence to defend their freedoms. Ther are all talk.