@leahabshaffer @mimsical Eric Schmidt to me during a social event at a Soho bookshop: “I wake up every morning and I fight regulation, it’s what I do, it’s my job.”
(This was when he was Google’s executive chairman.)
It’s the only thing they’re afraid of. Sadly too many policymakers are either too clueless, awestruck, or corrupt to exercise the power they have.
Related: https://ar.al/2019/05/11/the-dos-and-donts-of-tech-regulation/ and https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/