a16z Podcast: Companies, Networks, Crowds
Is a network -- whether a crowd or blockchain-based entity -- going to replace the firm anytime soon? Not yet, argue Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson in the new book Machine, Platform, Crowd. But t...
29 Jun 201735min
a16z Podcast: Lobbying Tech
What is lobbying, really? Is it “white", "heavy-set" men "playing golf" and making arrangements in "smoke-filled back rooms”? It's not like that anymore, according to two lobbyists who join this episo...
24 Jun 201722min
a16z Podcast: Cybersecurity in the Boardroom vs. the Situation Room
"We're always fighting the last war" -- that's a phrase historians like to use because policymakers and others tend to be so focused on the threats they already know, and our mindsets and organization...
18 Jun 201723min
a16z Podcast: Taking the ‘Cyber’ Out of Cybersecurity
Nearly every cybersecurity discussion/presentation follows this formula: We don’t know what we’re doing; the bad guys are getting smarter; our defenses are getting worse; everything's more connected t...
16 Jun 20178min
a16z Podcast: Changing the Conversation about Cybersecurity
When individuals gain the abilities that only nation states once had, how do we put cyber threats in perspective for policymakers -- without unduly "inflating" the threats? As it is, security is an in...
16 Jun 201719min
a16z Podcast: Taking the Measure of Tech in Policy -- with Kamala Harris
"Slow down, cowboys" -- that's what Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) said when prosecutors in her office wanted to bring a case against companies that let apps download someone's entire address bo...
9 Jun 201727min
a16z Podcast: Modernizing Government Services, From Food Stamps to Foster Care
When people think of modernizing government, they tend to think of new IT, of improved procurement, of new infrastructure ... rather than social services like foster care or food stamps. But how can w...
7 Jun 201719min
a16z Podcast: The Law (and Tech) of Warfare
Rules, guidelines, regulations, and “laws” are all sometimes used interchangeably — but what’s legal and what isn’t is far more complex when it comes to policy, especially when politics (and technolog...
4 Jun 201732min
