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What matters in tech according to Benedict Evans

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Is There a Need for Regulation?

Every industry, every company is subject to general legislation. Then there are some industries that have that ar big and important and have a bunch of very specific and quite technical issues. And so these industries get o instead of industry specific regulation. Technology policy is just as complicated as education policy or transport policy - all complicated fields with lots of tradeors. You can't have everything you want at the same time. We regulate cars but car safety is a separate problem, even from car omissions. That's got really no over lap at all with teen age boys getting drunk and driving too fast. Nor with robert moses demolishing the south brongs to build a free way. These are all

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