host: rey ramsey, what is technet? guest: technet is a bipartisan political and policy organization that has been around for about 15 years and our whole focus is to move an innovation agenda across the country. host: which companies are members of technet? guest: i would say we have got a nice list of good companies large and small from the silicon valley to boston to texas, so you know some of the names you would hero that you would know of from microsoft, google, intel but also companies like autodesk, and nice mists of companies. host: what is a technology policy? guest: technology policy is really all about technology driven innovation and so all the way from education to biomedical, to social in addition, things that use technology. those are the things. host: so specifically when we talk about issues, let s say net neutrality. what is it that technet does when it comes to net neutrality? guest: well we take a position and beget in the game of policy and
bob samuelson, one of the things about your habits as a reporter is that you never vote. years ago i decided not to vote because i thought that when you vote you make a psychological commitment to one side and against the other side, and i thought it better not to do that. i discovered a number of other journalists, including the former editor of the washington post had the same practice, and i assumed for roughly the same reasons, but my wife decides this as one of the dumbest things i do. and she has a long list. why? she thinks you ought to exercise your right as a citizen and she does not think that the privacy of a voting booth prejudices you one way or the other, and she probably thinks, although we have not discussed at great length, that you have a bias against certain parties and positions anyway. you write a column that is an opinion column, so what is the big deal. but i m comfortable with it, and since i m writing the column, that is what i do. when d
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organization that s been around for about 15 years, and be our whole focus is to move an innovation agenda across the country. host: who which companies are members of technet? guest: i d say we ve got a nice list of good companies, large and small, from the silicon valley to boston to texas, so, you know, some of the names that you would hear of, that you would know of from microsoft, google, cisco, intel, but also companies like autodesk, a nice mix of companies. host: what is a technology policy? guest: technology policy is really all about technology-driven innovation. and so all the way from education to biomedical to social innovation, things that use technology. those are the things that get our attention. host: so specifically when we talk about issues, let s say net neutrality. what is it that technet does when it comes to net neutrality? guest: well, we take a position, and we get in the game of policy. and, you know, the game of policy can be messy so
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