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Reason Vs. Breaking Points: Does Big Tech Do More Good Than Harm?

Reason's Robby Soave and Elizabeth Nolan Brown go head to head with Emily Jashinsky and Ryan Grim from Breaking Points in a thought-provoking debate about Big Tech.

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Reason's Robby Soave and Elizabeth Nolan Brown square off with Breaking Points' Emily Jashinsky and Ryan Grim in a no-holds-barred debate over Big Tech. The Reason team argues that technology has dramatically improved everyday life—and that those benefits can't be ignored. Their opponents counter that Big Tech's power is inseparable from big government, and that the two can't be untangled.

 

Resolution: Big Tech does more good than harm.

Affirmative: Robby Soave and Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Negative: Emily Jashinsky and Ryan Grim

Moderator: Peter Suderman

 

0:00—Andrew Heaton's warmup

6:31—Opening statements

31:03—Moderator questions and debater discussion

53:47—All the debaters make their case using props

1:02:10—Audience questions

1:23:25—Closing statements

1:40:20—Final debate results

Robby Soave is a senior editor at Reason.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.

Emily Jashinsky
Ryan Grim

Peter Suderman is features editor at Reason.