Archive: Technology & Information Policy
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The Open Internet We Deserve
“…I’m asking the FCC to reclassify Internet service under Title II of a law known as the Telecommunications Act. In plain English, I’m asking them to recognize that, for most Americans, the Internet h
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Evolving Processes: Technology and Common Law
As economist Brian Arthur struggled to define “technology” in his book, The Nature of Technology, I started thinking about how it is almost equally challenging to concretely explain the concept of “Co
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Robots and Scientific Innovation
Robots and automated systems have become an important, yet controversial and misunderstood phenomenon. Due to the lack of understanding of robots and robolaw, innovation and consumer acceptance is be
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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The State of the Union and a “Fire Department” Approach to Cybersecurity
In President Obama’s State of the Union address, one can see the usual misconceptions about cybersecurity surface. Considering I saw Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet, lecture on campus a
Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog
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The Politics of Manufacturing
A few weeks after the re-election of President Obama, discussions are now turning to the next four years and what can be done to improve the economy. Politicians are focused on the fiscal cliff and
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Long Live the Internet
Written by Guest Author Jeremy Pesner Next month, the World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT), sponsored by the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU), will hold a mee
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Politics and Privacy
With the 2012 election finally over, it seems both inevitable and laughable that 2016 is already being mentioned, and not just by Jon Stewart. At the moment I am not at all interested in what lies ah
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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SOPA, PIPA and Crowd Sourced Government
This article is from Electronic Media & Politics. eM&P is a dynamic online journal that is adaptive to new media and evolving forms of political communication research. www.emandp.com Technology has
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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United States Education: A Means to an End
A recent New York Times Op-Ed article titled “Learning as Freedom,” reiterated the necessity for education reform in the United States. I realize the dialog surrounding the subject matter has become t
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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The Next Battle for the Net
So the SOPA and PIPA legislation has been postponed in Congress and the Internet will safely remain open and democratic, right? Well, not so fast. There’s another potential danger for regulation, and
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog