In this episode we discuss the key drivers for regulation, in a nifty ABCDE-model. Tune in and listen to us discuss access, behaviour, content, data and... energy! 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the upcoming discussions about network fees and network investment. Should online service providers pay a fee to telecom companies, when their traffic is so voluminous? Should network investment be separated out into specific companies? And what will happen to network neutrality in all of this? Should we all just get Starlink? 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

How does a policy team think about academic research? Is it helpful, if so - when and why? And what are the do's and dont's in collaboration and what are some of the key learnings from what we have seen from research so far in the tech policy space?

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the future of Silicon Valley in a remote world - can it continue to be the powerhouse of innovation it has been for the last decades? Is the unique combination of capital, companies and research still enough to drive the engine of the future? And can Silicon Valley continue to couple innovation and ideology in the way it has historically? And where are the new centers of innovation, ideology and vision? What will all this mean for the future of tech policy? 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the undervalued and overvalued events in the first half of 2022, as well as recommend some summer reading. All from Richard's boat! Tune in and let us know what you are reading!

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

Here is another craft episode - this one focused on the question of how you best allocate, manage and audit your budget. Don't let budgeting become another token exercise - use it as a lens to understand your priorities! There is great value in bureaucracy done right!

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

You know that what you really need in your life is more hot takes on Twitter, right? Well, we are here to oblige. But we also discuss the issue of where speech is heading, what happens when speech becomes cheap (drawing on Richard Hansen's book Cheap Speech) and what we think the future is for social platforms. Tune in!

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we read a classic text by Judge Easterbrook - The Law of the Horse - and discuss how his perspective has informed tech policy ever since 1996 when the article was written - and why he, even when he was ignored, made points that remain relevant to policy even today. 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we explore the history and genealogy of the DMA - looking at the key inspirations behind it and why it looks the way it looks. Tune in! 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

Richard has dug deep in the impressive complexity and ambition of the Online Safety Bill and shares his perspective on how this will change the landscape for tech platforms - and where it will need more work and analysis. 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad