I recently had the opportunity to hear technology policy expert Timothy B. Lee on a panel discussing the best way to preserve the open and diverse Internet that we currently enjoy.  Lee offered an important perspective to the dialogue, arguing that regulation is not necessary since technical countermeasures and slowed innovations are adequate deterrents to network discrimination.   I caught up with Lee for an interview to get more information on his position.  Stay tuned for that (working on transcription)!

In our conversation, Lee, a PhD student in computer science and an affiliate of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University, shares what he sees as the “technical reality” that is not being reflected in today’s policy discussion.  He believes in the concept of the “durable Internet,” one that he fully explores in his Cato Institute study, “The Durable Internet: Preserving Network Neutrality without Regulation.”  The premise is that the Internet is fundamentally fragile and regulating during its evolution could hamper innovation, especially where there are economic and technical solutions.

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