by Hearsay Culture Network | Sep 16, 2016
Bitcoin, a digital currency with no central bank, has changed world finance. This early conversation explores the powerful, erratic effects of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin on global economics. Based on David Golumbia’s book, The Politics of Bitcoin, this Hearsay...
by Hearsay Culture Network | May 6, 2016
Idealism, Democracy, and the Future of Cyberlaw The field of cyberlaw would not exist if it weren’t for Lawrence Lessig’s work in the late 1990s that helped make the Internet essential in our daily lives. As an extremely influential and captivating individual,...
by Hearsay Culture Network | Nov 6, 2015
Former Member of the E.U. Parliament Marietje Schaake, International Director of Policy, Stanford Cyber Policy Center The Internet knows no borders and the flow of data and applications across the Atlantic has become increasingly intertwined. The 2010s saw the U.S....
by Hearsay Culture Network | Jan 18, 2011
In her book, For All the Tea in China, Sarah Rose recounts one of the most massive trade secret thefts in history. In the nineteenth century, the British East India Company tasked Scottish botanist Robert Fortune with stealing tea from China and bringing it back to...
by Hearsay Culture Network | Nov 10, 2010
Dave chats with Tim Wu about the Internet’s monopolies and their control over the flow of information. In the early 2000’s Tim Wu Tim Wu coined the term “net neutrality”—the idea that Internet service providers, like Comcast or Verizon, should treat all content on the...
