Technology and Innovation Archives

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future.”

– John F. Kennedy

We’ve never had much interest in chipping away at the edges. We leave that work to others. Rather, we devote our efforts to transformative, often disruptive outcomes that have the potential to dramatically improve individual well-being and expand opportunity for everyone. This is the heart of our technology and innovation research. We aim to understand what policies will produce positive change in society.

Recent Technology and Innovation research

Reducing Misinformation on Social Media: An Experimental Evaluation of Two Policy Interventions

Although misinformation is nothing new, the topic has gained prominence in recent years due to widespread circulation of entirely fabricated stories (presented as legitimate news) about broad-interest topics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, election fraud, civil war, and foreign interference in US presidential elections.

Can Landowners Exclude Drones from Their Low Airspace?

Who owns the airspace immediately above your land? According to the US Supreme Court, you do. The results of CGO's Drone Law Poll provide a valuable new perspective on how ordinary Americans view their rights to exclude drones from the low-altitude airspace immediately above the land.

Public Interest Comment for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the Intersection of Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration asks a series of crucial questions in this proceeding. It seeks to understand how commercial data collection and use, especially through artificial intelligence (AI) methods, might adversely affect underserved or marginalized communities through disparate impacts.1“Privacy,…

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