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xi Acknowledgments Obviously it is impossible to write a book such as this without a great deal of help. First, many people expert in many domains took the time to answer questions, provide information, explain technologies and industries and laws: economists, past and present government officials, lawyers, professors, business executives, technologists, computer scientists, journalists, policy experts, consultants, venture capitalists. Given the quite controversial nature of this book, and the sensitive positions many of these persons occupy, I will not mention them by name here, but they know who they are, and I am extremely grateful to all of them. Whatever the remaining flaws and errors that may remain, and which truly are my responsibility alone, the book is enormously better for their help. Second, I benefited equally from the very able, indeed sometimes superhuman, efforts of my assistants, administrative, technological , and academic: Simone Ross, Shoshana Haulley, Isabelle Mussard, Dave Irvine, John Castro, and Audrey Marrs. They found facts, articles, people, time, software, websites, conferences, computers, software, and documents, and I’m sure that they are just as glad as I am that this book is finally done. Third, thanks to many friends for their kindness, support, conversation , reactions. I will not name them here either, in part because there are so many of them, with one exception: Charles Morris, who did a huge amount of unpaid work on an early draft of the 1997 paper that became the seed corn for this book. Thank you, Charlie. 1901-00_FM.qxd 3/4/04 4:35 PM Page xi xii  Fourth, thanks to Brookings and the people in it who made this work possible, whether or not they agreed with it: Bob Litan, Strobe Talbott, Michael Armacost before him, and Chris Kelaher and all the people at Brookings Institution Press. And finally, I must thank the staffs of Balthazar in New York and of the cafés Strada, Milano, and Oliveto in Berkeley, who have provided me the very best environments in which to write books, complete with coffee, pastry , electrical power, great good humor, and infinite patience. The opinions expressed here, as well as all remaining problems, errors, and misconceptions, truly are mine and mine alone. 1901-00_FM.qxd 3/4/04 4:35 PM Page xii ...

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