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Adam Thierer
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innovation policy analyst at @RSI & senior fellow with @TheFIREorg. Latest books: Permissionless Innovation (2016) & Evasive Entrepreneurs (2020).
Washington, DC
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    Adam Thierer
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    Mar 30
    Permissionless Innovation: 10 Questions on its 10th Anniversary This week marks the 10th anniversary of the release of my 2016 book, "Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom.” In the book, I argued that the freedom to innovate was a
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    Adam Thierer
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    Jul 10, 2019
    LOL, I actually attended this 1993 hearing on video game violence and distinctly remember a Hill staffer I was sitting next to whisper, “This is the greatest ad for getting a Sega Genesis ever.” Several of us went to my house after hearing was over & played Mortal Kombat together
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    Pessimists Archive
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    Jul 9, 2019
    1993: @JoeLieberman shows video of @MortalKombat at Senate hearing on videogame violence.
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    Adam Thierer
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    Nov 8, 2024
    wow, Google Maps turns 20 in February. In my opinion, it's probably the greatest digital application ever. The consumer surplus associated with it is just off the charts. googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/02/mappin…
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    Adam Thierer
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Willie Nelson is amazing.  Author of 10 books. Actor. Curates own satellite radio channel. Runs 2 cannabis companies. 2 albums during past year, one became 53rd top-10 album, making him only artist to have top-10 record in 7 straight decades. He's 87.👑
    Willie Nelson Can’t Wait to Get on the Road Again
    Willie Nelson Can’t Wait to Get on the Road Again
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    Adam Thierer
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    Aug 3, 2024
    Justice Neil Gorsuch has a new book out this week, “Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law,” which notes that U.S. statutory law: * runs to 60,000 pages, * with another 188,000 pages of regulations, * which delineate 300,000 criminal sanctions, * while imposing on the
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    Adam Thierer
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    Feb 25, 2023
    the U.S. has a lawyer problem: * more than 1.3 Mil lawyers in US * from 1900 to 2000, number of lawyers rose 793% * largest increase was in 1970s (+76%) * over the past decade, the number of lawyers up by more than 80,000 (up 6.6% from 2012 to 2022)
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    Adam Thierer
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    Apr 2, 2025
    my political philosophy is the exact opposite of whatever this one is called.
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    Nancy Scola
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    Apr 2, 2025
    So this just happened.
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    Adam Thierer
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    Nov 30, 2018
    is there any hope of breaking the chokehold that the big 4 players have in the online services marketplace? That's the question I used to always get when people saw this PC Computing "Roadmap to Top Online Services" poster that adorned my office wall 20 years ago. LOL.
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    Adam Thierer
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    Nov 8, 2024
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    beyond basic navigation benefits, I've used Google Maps over the years to pin tons of of great restaurants, breweries, whiskey bars, bookstores, and record stores. Every time I get a recommendation from someone about a great place to hit in a different city, I pin it on my map.
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    Adam Thierer
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    Dec 23, 2021
    while we old farts continue to fuss over yesterday's tech companies, the kids just helped TikTok jump from 7th to 1st place in less than a year.  And TikTok is just 5 yrs old! Next time someone tells you there's no way to compete against "Big Tech," asked them how that happened.
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    Adam Thierer
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    May 31, 2021
    when it comes to apocalyptic book covers, old #IndustrialPolicy books from the 1980s are really hard to beat. So much fear & loathing... and sooooo many failed predictions. Someone please go ask these authors: How does America even still exist? LOL. 😂🤡
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    Adam Thierer
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    Nov 1, 2022
    How it started vs How it's going: Facebook "monopoly" edition. (Note: these Vice headlines aren't even a year apart.)
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    Adam Thierer
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    Jun 10, 2023
    no treatise has provided me with greater inspiration to do what I do for a living than this one -- just not in the way that Ted K hoped. ‘The Unabomber Manifesto’ is a despicable, anti-human screed that focused my passion to always and everywhere make the exact opposite case:
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    Adam Thierer
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    May 3, 2024
    Replying to @calebwatney
    hell, I'm so old that I remember that Skype only captured its market lead because the FCC basically screwed US-based Free World Dialup 25 years ago. We wouldn't have even heard of Skype if not for this. Some might say that progress is policy choice. 😉
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