Adam Thierer, senior research fellow with the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, discusses his latest book Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom. Thierer discusses which types of policies promote technological discoveries as well as those that stifle the freedom to innovate. He also takes a look at new technologies — such as driverless cars, drones, big data, smartphone apps, and Google Glass — and how the American public will adapt to them.
Related Links
- Biography, Thierer
- Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom, Thierer
- Video: Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Technological Freedom, Thierer
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