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Stan Tsirulnikov

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Stan Tsirulnikov is the Program Associate for the Technology Policy Project. He has a BS in Economics from George Mason University.

White House Policy Forum on Data Transparency

by Stan Tsirulnikov on December 11, 2009 • View Comments

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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy looks at data transparency.

Climategate and Data Transparency

by Stan Tsirulnikov on December 8, 2009 • View Comments

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The “case of the missing climate data” should serve as a wake up call to policy makers, scientists, journalists, and citizens that raw data should be (and can be) shared with the wider world.

Amazon Reviews, Social Media, and Business

by Stan Tsirulnikov on November 23, 2009 • View Comments

How to lose friends and alienate customers with bad DRM.

Would Paying for Blogs Make You Happier?

by Stan Tsirulnikov on November 13, 2009 • View Comments

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Could the abundance of free content on the internet lead to an “irrationally” large amount of information consumption?

Social Media and the Opportunity Cost of Lunch

by Stan Tsirulnikov on November 9, 2009 • View Comments

Might the blogosphere and Twitter-sphere ultimately lead to fewer lunches between Marginal Revolution bloggers Alex and Tyler?

Saving Journalism with Naked Transparency

by Stan Tsirulnikov on October 30, 2009 • View Comments

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Given that new technologies are making the traditional newspaper business model obsolete, shouldn’t we celebrate accessible government data?

Evolutionary psychology and open networks

by Stan Tsirulnikov on October 23, 2009 • View Comments

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What does evolutionary psychology have to say about Internet culture?

Zittrain channeling Hayek

by Stan Tsirulnikov on October 16, 2009 • View Comments

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An interesting parallel between Jonathan Zittrain on technology and F.A. Hayek on freedom, but differing conclusions?

Debate: Michael Heller vs. Richard Epstein

by Stan Tsirulnikov on October 2, 2009 • View Comments

Live from George Mason University School of Law a debate between Michael Heller, author of the new book, The Gridlock Economy, and University of Chicago School of Law Professor Richard Epstein.

Anticommons debate Friday live on SF

by Stan Tsirulnikov on September 29, 2009 • View Comments

On Friday, October 2, the Information Economy Project at the George Mason University School of Law will hold a conference on Michael Heller’s new book The Gridlock Economy. We’ll be streaming live video of the the conference kick-off debate between Heller and Richard Epstein at 8:30 a.m. right here on Surprisingly Free.