2011-07-10 - Spark in the Summer: Tim Wu on The Master Switch

• Podcast
• Tim Wu, who coined "net-neutrality" and author of The Master Switch suggests that we are entering a stage of consolidation and monopolization in the internet arena since historically after 15-20 years of a new technology, one corporation comes to dominate
• Google has more potential power to censor than the government
• For many people, Facebook has more personal information about them than the government 
• net-neutrality or principles like it are a ways to prevent a single corporation from staying in power simply by shutting out others