Which Columbia professor states that technologies go through a cycle where they are first revolutionary,

then locked down by monopolists?



a. Tom Wolfrom c. George Bush
b. Tim Wu d. Al Franken


ANS: B
Tim Wu feels they become less appropriate or even inhospitable to uses that would be considered
excessively political, edgy, provocative, or controversial.

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