Five years ago today the Technology Liberation Front (the “TLF”) got underway with this post. The idea for the TLF came about after I asked some tech policy wonks whether it was worth put together a blog dedicated to covering Internet-related issues from a cyber-libertarian perspective. The model I had in mind was a “Volokh [...]
Three passages from Obama’s inaugural address stand out as important for the mix of technology policy issues covered here at the TLF. On technology policy (a non-trivial 5.4% of the address by word count): For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, [...]
It’s been a big year for tech policy books. Several important titles were released in 2008 that offer interesting perspectives about the future of the Internet and the impact digital technologies are having on our lives, culture, and economy. Back in September, I compared some of the most popular technology policy books of the past [...]