http://techliberation.com/2009/04/23/collier-on-why-technopanics-are-bad/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/04/23/collier-on-why-technopanics-are-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-73066 Techno-Panic Cycles (and How the Latest Privacy Scare Fits In) Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:56:10 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17890#comment-73066 <p>[...] essay, I will suggest that (1) while “moral panics” and “techno-panics” are nothing new, their cycles seem to be accelerating as new communications and information networks and [...]</p> [...] essay, I will suggest that (1) while “moral panics” and “techno-panics” are nothing new, their cycles seem to be accelerating as new communications and information networks and [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/04/23/collier-on-why-technopanics-are-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-60044 Against Techno-Panics | The Technology Liberation Front Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:16:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17890#comment-60044 <p>[...] This is something I have spent a lot of time writing about here in recent years (See 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and I finally got around to putting it altogether in a concise essay here.  I included the full [...]</p> [...] This is something I have spent a lot of time writing about here in recent years (See 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and I finally got around to putting it altogether in a concise essay here.  I included the full [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/04/23/collier-on-why-technopanics-are-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-59554 Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy: Bringing Some Sanity Back to Parenting Debates | The Technology Liberation Front Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:25:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17890#comment-59554 <p>[...] exactly right.  And yet, as I have pointed out here before, an irrational “techno-panic” has taken place in recent years over this issue even though the research just doesn’t [...]</p> [...] exactly right.  And yet, as I have pointed out here before, an irrational “techno-panic” has taken place in recent years over this issue even though the research just doesn’t [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/04/23/collier-on-why-technopanics-are-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-59517 Thomas Sowell on the Model that Drives Elitist Ideological Crusades | The Technology Liberation Front Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:10:02 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17890#comment-59517 <p>[...] “technopanics” I have been writing about recently fit this model. (See 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).  For example, consider how this plays out in the debate over online social [...]</p> [...] “technopanics” I have been writing about recently fit this model. (See 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).  For example, consider how this plays out in the debate over online social [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/04/23/collier-on-why-technopanics-are-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-59485 Video Game Photorealism within 10-15 Years | The Technology Liberation Front Sun, 31 May 2009 20:13:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17890#comment-59485 <p>[...] Says Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. I wonder what the FTC will think about this prospect in the report Congress asked them to send this year about video games.  I think it’s safe to assume that the thought of life-like sex and violence will create a true technopanic. [...]</p> [...] Says Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. I wonder what the FTC will think about this prospect in the report Congress asked them to send this year about video games.  I think it’s safe to assume that the thought of life-like sex and violence will create a true technopanic. [...]

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