Policy & Power

Antitrust Was Built for a World of Higher Prices, Not Free Products

The classic test for monopoly power breaks down the moment the product in question doesn't charge users anything at all.

Hello, galatbaat

First post on the new blog.

Privacy Is a Trade, Not a Right You Either Have or Don't

Almost nobody actually wants zero data collection — they want a trade they'd make consciously instead of one made invisibly on their behalf.

Regulation Always Arrives a Cycle Late

By the time a law addresses a technology's harms, the technology has usually already moved on to its next form.

Technology Stopped Being Neutral Infrastructure a While Ago

A chip, a cable, or a cloud region is no longer just engineering — it's a lever in a relationship between governments.