by Erik Kain on January 2, 2012
Can technology overcome and change institutions otherwise overcome by inertia and stagnation? Will technology help overcome tyrants and change the relationship between state and citizen in positive and hopeful ways, or will it enable dictators and make governments even more oppressive? These were some of the questions posed at Techonomy this past November. These aren’t merely [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 16, 2011
One of the best moments at Techonomy this year was the debate between George Mason economist, Cowen, and MIT economist Erik Brynjolfsson. The two men could hardly be more different in demeanor. Cowen is reserved, awkward, his words crisply pressed; Brynjolfsson is expansive and punchy, quick to laugh. Cowen argued the line from his latest book, The Great [...]
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