Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
… they are going to try to recreate the Archimedes Death Ray. [GeekDad has the report.] Anyone who ever fried ants on the sidewalk using a magnifying glass as a kid will want to tune in! [Note: They tried it once before on a smaller scale, but the new experiment is much more grand.]
[Seriously, MythBusters is the best science show on TV in years. I make my kids watch it with me.]
Adam Thierer is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He previously served as President of The Progress & Freedom Foundation, as Director of Telecommunications Studies at the Cato Institute, and as a Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation. He is the author or editor of six books on technology and media policy and also writes a weekly column for Forbes called "Technologies of Freedom." Thierer earned his bachelor's degree in political science and journalism at Indiana University and received his master's degree in international business management and trade theory at the University of Maryland. His passions in life (besides technology and liberty, of course) are fast cars, fine cigars, and good beer.
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February 12, 2012
The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.
