What's tech?
What’s Tech?
Election season is amplifying the focus on tech and possible regulatory actions which are picking up steam. Seems tech doesn’t have many friends on either side of the aisle. I suspect this is somewhat due to not being sophisticated (historically) with their lobbying staying on the political sidelines. It takes a lot of time (money) to build false friends. However, I think there’s something deeper at play which you can see in recent employee incidents at Google: tech people tend to occupy the poles of the political circle. They tend toward extreme libertarian or liberal. I said “poles” instead of ends as I believe its not a political spectrum but circle. There’s often only a small gap between “liberal” and “libertarian” positions. Being at the poles — even while the tone in Washington appears more polarized — is not a good place to be. What could regulation do? Would a Warren administration take this on?
