In addition to freedom to connect, there also needs to be the ability to connect, and that we need to model best practice at home and around the world, and the policies that relate to that.
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A #Netfreedom Agenda for the 45th POTUS
presented by Amie Stepanovich, Daniel Calingaert, David A. Gross, Nilmini Rubin, Rebecca MacKinnon
Who and What Will Get to Think the Future?
presented by Ed Finn, Ted Chiang
There’s already a kind of cognitive investment that we make, you know. At a certain point, you have years of your personal history living in somebody’s cloud. And that goes beyond merely being a memory bank, it’s also a cognitive bank in some way.
Robert Reich’s Advice for the Next President
presented by Robert Reich
The next President is probably going to have to deal with some very difficult economic times. The housing market is starting to look like a bubble. There’s a possibility of that bubble bursting. We’ve been there before.
Peter W. Singer’s Advice for the Next President
presented by Peter W. Singer
If I had to suggest one job for the next President to do for a day, it would be to take on the role of a military spouse whose wife has deployed abroad.
Jon Huntsman’s Advice for the Next President
presented by Jon Huntsman
The diminishing trust that people have in their institutions of governance. Toward their system generally. That is the issue that has to be addressed.
Jen Kirkman’s Advice for the Next President
presented by Jen Kirkman
Whoever the next President is, the non-politician that they should call once in awhile to get perspective from is Howard Stern.
Jamelle Bouie’s Advice for the Next President
presented by Jamelle Bouie
The United States needs a stronger labor movement. It needs something to organize workers as workers, just for the sake of acting as a political counterbalance to corporation and to large formations of capital. I think a lot of our problems right now are directly traced back to the decline of unions.
I think it would be interesting if the President had to be a minister for a day and actually engaged with people’s spiritual bankruptcy, and think about, “Do I want to solve this by lying to them with another myth, or do I want to help them confront the truth?”
Deon Cole’s Advice for the Next President
presented by Deon Cole
It’s not necessary for a machine gun to be able to be purchased. What is that for? How do you even have those in stores, and know that they in stores everywhere.
Cory Booker’s Advice for the Next President
presented by Cory Booker
We have a tax system right now that creates a lot of perverse incentives. It incentivizes jobs moving overseas, incentivizes a lack of investment here at home, these inversions that are happening. And I do believe that when it comes to paying fair taxes, there’s a lot of folks who are paying large percentages of their incoming taxes, but that’s not reflected in other asset brackets.