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Colford: American tech companies are increasingly copying Chinese platforms like WeChat
“You look at technologies like WeChat, and increasingly American, you're seeing American companies actually copy Chinese companies.”
Colford: Both China and the US share a sense of manifest destiny
“Both China and U.S. Have this sense of kind of manifest destiny”
Colford: The Affordable Care Act actually empowered the gig economy
“In many ways, the ACA has actually empowered the gig economy.”
Colford: Early Trump cabinet nominees lack anti-tech bias
“The good news is that none of the folks that have been named at this point come in with any sort of anti-tech bias.”
Colford: Obama national security meetings rarely focused on Asia beyond Sony hack
“I think I can count on one hand the number of DCs and peace deputies committee meetings and principal committee meetings that I remember that were about Asia, and the majority of them were about the Sony hack in North Korea, at least when I was there.”
Colford: State regulatory experimentation forces faster federal action on tech policy
“All of that is to say that the states can almost be A forcing mechanism or a forcing function for the federal government to respond more quickly.”
Colford: Pentagon officials favor legacy defense contractors like Raytheon over startups
“You know, if you live in Washington and you work in defense, your vision for private sector engagement with the defense, with defense is Raytheon, Boeing, you know, it's not some of these smaller cyber companies out here.”
Colford: Republican Congress Will Pass Legislation Fostering Regulatory Experimentation
“A lot of the legislation that you're going to see for A Republican-controlled Congress moving forward is going to move to, you know, set up this environment for more experimentation.”
Colford: Democrats control 70 of 100 largest U.S. cities
“Democrats control about 70 of the hundred largest cities, but they're all competing in a way to be tech friendly.”
Colford: Republicans control 33 governorships and 68 state legislative chambers
“So Republicans now control 33 governorships. The governor of Alaska is independent, so Democrats only control 16. The Republicans actually outnumber two to one Democratic governors. They control 68 out of 99 state legislative bodies, so both upper and lower Ho…”