Ingenuity, then you can get into an insoluble problem here where its a remote part of nigeria and technology is being used against technology. That was actually, we had this conversation a little bit about some of the limits of online activism and some people say activism. You know, this ability of just masses of people to bring attention to these issues. Right, so and we talked about how that kind of bubbled up during the whole Malaysian Airlines hysteria where, you know, we all of a sudden started paying attention to these 200 kidnapped girls but werent paying attention before. And the other kind of analog there is joseph kony 2012, probably the most Massive Campaign in terms of online activism. The whole premise was lets make kony famous and lead to some sort of capture, right . But still, as you say, still out there, wechblt found most of these girls there are limits to what technology can do, right, especially if you have people trying to evade. It goes back to the basic human con
On the other hand, regulators who embrace these principles can help limit harms caused by the flaws that exist if all regulatory in all regulatory approaches. Practicing these principles is particularly important when the area to be regulated is rapidly changing and difficult to predict. It is exceedingly difficult to predict the path of technology and its effects on society. The massive benefits of the internet have, in large part, been a result of entrepreneurs freedom to experiment with different Business Models. The best of these experiments have survived and thrived, even in the face of initial unfamiliarity and unease about the impact on consumers and competitors. For example, you may remember the early, widespread skepticism directed toward online shopping. But today let me ask how many of you bought something online this month . Early yeah, me too. Early skepticism does not predict potential consumer harm. And conversely, as the failure of thousands of dot. Coms has shown, earl
You are watching by tv. Next thomas ricks looks at why so many world war ii era generals are held in high regard while history is not than suband a general sick amanda troops during later wars. Its a little over an hour. Good evening everyone. Welcome and thank you for joining us. My name is Richard Konte and im the president of the center for no america security. Its a pleasure to welcome you here to celebrate the publication of senior fellow thomas ricks book the new generals American Military command from world war ii to today. Speaking of books, we have some for sale so if youre interested it will be on sale after the event. I already picked up on which i see some of you have in the ballroom lobby. Thomas ricks has been a member of of the family for quite a while serving as a senior fellow at the center. Tom writes a widely read blog called the best defense which won the 2000 National Award for best blog of the year. He is wellknown for his book fiasco the American Military adventu
Libertarians want governme to leave us alone even if we make choices others disagree with. That does not sit well with conservatives semiti turn of libertarianism is a very dangerous spot. Libertarian versus conservative. That is our show. Tonight. John the biggest threat to americas future is Big Government most conservatives and libertarians agree with the 17 trillion debt may crush them but the politicians promise to spend more when theyre not spending your money they pass more rules to strangle freedom and killing growth and they agree government should stop trying to micromanage the economy to have religious freedom and free speech and a more limited welfare state because it is better. Ironclad we agree but when it comes to Foreign Policy and personal freedom libertarians and conservatives differ most oppose gay marriage than onetenth gambling began as well assisted suicide and designer babies. That is in a future show but the biggest difference is libertarians think the war on dr
This about me say. Libertarians want government to leave us alone even if we make choices others disagree with. That does not sit well with conservatives semitist turn of libertarianism is a very dangerous spot. Libertarian versus conservative. That is our show. Tonight. John the biggest threat to americas future is Big Government most conservatives and libertarians agree with the 17 trillion debt may crush them but the politicians promise to spend more when theyre not spending your money they pass more rules to strangle freedom and killing growth and they agree government should stop trying to micromanage the economy to have religious freedom and free speech and a more limited welfare state because it is better. Ironclad we agree but when it comes to Foreign Policy and personal freedom libertarians and conservatives differ most oppose gay marriage than onetenth gambling began as well assisted suicide and designer babies. That is in a future show but the biggest difference is libertari