Net Neuter-ality

In the emo­tional whirl­wind which is our cur­rent polit­i­cal cam­paign cycle, there are many issues that wax and wane with the tide of pub­lic opin­ion.  “Net neu­tral­ity” has been on the wan­ing side (haven’t heard much about it recently) and, because of that, I’ve not paid much attention.

Lawrence Lessig, on the other hand, has been watch­ing and he’s summed up his per­spec­tive on John McCain’s tech­nol­ogy pol­icy bril­liantly in this video.

Isn’t it curi­ous how the Repub­li­cans always serve up geri­atric can­di­dates with archaic stances on evo­lu­tion, while Democ­rats serve up youth­ful alter­na­tives inter­ested in chang­ing the world?  Now, before you go off whin­ing about one party or the other, I’m not loyal to either of them as I think both have faults.  Yes, both par­ties are gen­er­a­tional, both have good basic prin­ci­pals.  The prob­lem is nei­ther fol­low them, though that’s as much the fault of the pop­u­lace as any­thing else.

But, I digress.  Check out Lessig’s video and draw your own con­clu­sions.  As for me:

John McCain:  EPIC FAIL

Barack Obama:  Ver­dict still out