By: William Hamilton[*] In 2019, Harvard Business School Professor Shoshana Zuboff published The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.[1] What I hope to accomplish in this short presentation is to unpack some of the salient themes of this interesting, important book. I believe her book…
Defending Face-Recognition Technology (And Defending Against It)
By: Henry H. Perritt, Jr. [*] I. INTRODUCTION Drew Williams and Michael Thompson met for the first time in a convenience store at 1:30 AM on a July night. Drew, a junior at the state university, worked in the store to earn additional money. Michael also wanted additional money, but he did not want to…
Digital Greenbacks: A Sequenced ‘Treasury Direct’ And ‘Fed Wallet’ Plan For The Democratic Digital Dollar
By: Robert Hockett[*] Abstract I propose means of immediately converting the Department of Treasury’s existing Treasury Direct system of freely available transaction accounts into a publicly administered digital savings and payments platform. A platform of this type is an essential public utility in any commercial society such as our own. It is additionally growth-promoting inasmuch…
Hb 409, A Drastic Departure From Florida’S Traditional Stance On Will Execution Formalities
By: Justin Shifrin[*] Abstract The baby boomer generation is aging, and many of the citizens that belong to this generation are retiring to Florida. Accordingly, Florida is expected to host one of the largest wealth transfers in history. And while the baby boomer population ages, our society is becoming more digitized. Things we traditionally did…