DigitopolyApr 23, 2019 - 6 minCompulsory licensing is better than blocking acquisitionsWas Facebook purchasing Instagram a great regulatory failure or do we need to review the topic with some clear Economic thinking? Joshua Gans in Digitolopy reviews a new paper that claims licensing would be better than blocking start-up acquisitions by big companies.
DigitopolyJul 11, 2018 - 6 minWhy the iPhone confounds disruption theoristsThe iPhone made smartphones sexy. But it wasn’t a very good phone. Joshua Gans, writing in Digitopoly, explains how the iPhone disrupted everything we thought we knew about disruption.
DigitopolyJun 25, 2018 - 7 minNo business built on teenager demand is sustainableFrom Facebook to Snapchat and now TikTok: why you shouldn't bet on teens.
DigitopolyMay 30, 2018 - 5 minCan a superintelligence self-regulate and not destroy us?Can a superintelligent AI - one that is smarter than we are and capable of destroying us - choose not to? Joshua Gans, writing in Digitopoly, explains and then assesses the paperclip apocalypse theory, which contests that a superintelligent artificial intelligence with the sole purpose of creating paperclips, for example, will eventually see us as a threat to its paperclip making goals, and annihilate us all.
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