{"id":10965,"date":"2007-12-11T02:20:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T23:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/11\/politics-technology-economics\/"},"modified":"2007-12-11T02:20:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T23:20:28","slug":"politics-technology-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/11\/politics-technology-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics, technology, economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I came across this wonderful quote at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/doc\/2007\/12\/09\/the-mathematics-of-legislation\/\" title=\"The Mathematics of Legislation\">Doc Searls blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I can tell you that there are two things nearly every congressperson does not understand. One is economics. The other is technology. 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