IP: Election 2000: What They're Not Discussing

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: "Gillmor, Dan" <DGillmor@sjmercury.com>
>To: "'farber@cis.upenn.edu'" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
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>http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg091000.htm
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>There's been some discussion of issues dear to the hearts of wealthy
>potential contributors in the industry. You'll hear candidates endorse an
>expansion of the number of foreign high-tech workers here on temporary
>visas, for example. You'll also hear the word ``privacy'' come up now and
>then, though typically without much context or serious proposals.
>
>But most candidates are running campaigns that minimize or ignore outright
>the vital technology-related questions before us -- matters that are at the
>core of the future economy, of society itself.