After the Digital Tornado

Kevin Werbach is Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A world-renowned expert on emerging technology, he examines business and policy implications of developments such as broadband, big data, gamification, and blockchain. Previously, Werbach served on the Obama Administration's Presidential Transition Team, founded the Supernova Group (a technology conference and consulting firm), led internet policy at the Federal Communications Commission, and created a massive open online course. His books include For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business and The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust

Introduction. An endless spiral of connectivity?; Prelude; Digital Tornado: The internet and telecommunication policy Kevin Werbach; I. Networks: 1. The regulated end of internet law, and the return to computer and information law? Christopher T. Marsden; 2. Networks, standards, and network-and-standard-based governance Julie E. Cohen; 3. Tech dominance and the policeman at the elbow Tim Wu; II. Algorithms: 4. Who do we blame for the filter bubble? On the roles of math, data, & people in algorithmic social systems Kartik Hosanagar and Alex Miller; 5. Regulating the feedback effect Viktor Mayer-Schönberger; 6. Shaping our tools: contestability as a means to promote responsible algorithmic decision making in the professions Daniel n. Kluttz, Nitin Kohli, and Deirdre K. Mulligan; III. Humanity: 7. Why a commitment to pluralism should limit how humanity is re-engineered Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger; 8. Caveat usor: epistemic inequality as information warfare and surveillance capitalism's river of fire Shoshana Zuboff; 9. The siren song: algorithmic governance by blockchain Kevin Werbach.