Comments on: Old people know more than younger people. http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/01/23/old-people-know-more-than-younger-people/ RunningWithBulls .com The curse of Sanfermin Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: adam http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/01/23/old-people-know-more-than-younger-people/#comment-15984 adam Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:25:25 +0000 http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/01/23/old-people-know-more-than-younger-people/#comment-15984 I don't think it's as cut and dried as that Bernard. Kahn is a legend, but so are Cerf, Farber and Berners-Lee (both of whom also speak out for legislation), and their opinions can hardly be discounted out of hand. (I think the funny thing about Cerf in particular - it's Vint btw, short for Vinton - is that he's arguing for legislation despite the fact that he's essentially been a corporate shill for the past 12 years; for MCI since '94 and Google since '05. But I guess if anyone's going to scream for more regulation, it's the chair of the woefully bureaucratic (and corrupt, imho) ICANN.) I've never been able to decide on this issue. On the one hand, I agree with you that regulation could stifle creativity, but on the other I'd argue that big business is perfectly capable of doing that on it's own; has been doing that in a major, major way; and that's the reason why we DO need it. Network providers like PE (all of them in fact) already prioritise paying portal traffic through their networks, for example; and you can't come up with a better example than than the MPAA and RIAA for stifling creativity. I don’t think it’s as cut and dried as that Bernard. Kahn is a legend, but so are Cerf, Farber and Berners-Lee (both of whom also speak out for legislation), and their opinions can hardly be discounted out of hand.

(I think the funny thing about Cerf in particular - it’s Vint btw, short for Vinton - is that he’s arguing for legislation despite the fact that he’s essentially been a corporate shill for the past 12 years; for MCI since ‘94 and Google since ‘05. But I guess if anyone’s going to scream for more regulation, it’s the chair of the woefully bureaucratic (and corrupt, imho) ICANN.)

I’ve never been able to decide on this issue. On the one hand, I agree with you that regulation could stifle creativity, but on the other I’d argue that big business is perfectly capable of doing that on it’s own; has been doing that in a major, major way; and that’s the reason why we DO need it.

Network providers like PE (all of them in fact) already prioritise paying portal traffic through their networks, for example; and you can’t come up with a better example than than the MPAA and RIAA for stifling creativity.

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