SOPA, Incumbents and Fearing Change

In my last post, I wrote about a cycle of disruption put to pen by Michael Lewis.  I'd like to expand a bit on his model by applying it to recent, real world developments.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a bill, which on it's face, endeavors to simply protect copyrighted material from online piracy.  The details of its implementation, however, are much more insidious. Critics from across the political spectrum, most notably Nancy Pelosi and Ron Paul, have noted the bill would cause "an explosion of innovation-killing lawsuits and litigation."

Fighting Like Insurgents: When the Bad Guys Win

When I was in my operational squadron, one of my favorite missions was being assigned as the Red Flight Lead.  For those unfamiliar with the military nomenclature, Blue forces are the good guys, and Red forces simulate the bad guys.  (Interestingly, the Chinese military plays along with this differentiation in their war-gaming as well.  They, as the "good" guys, are the Red Team and the "enemy" -- read America -- is the Blue Team.  At least we agree on something...)