Timothy Marler

Jan 16, 2025 | rand.org | Timothy Marler

Availability: Non-RAND Year: 2024 Pages: 12 Document Number: EP-70795 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.

Feb 28, 2024 | rand.org | Swaptik Chowdhury |Timothy Marler

Inaccurate or excessive hype surrounding emerging technologies can have several negative effects, including poor decisionmaking by both private companies and the U.S. government. The United States needs a comprehensive approach to understanding and assessing public discourse–driven hype surrounding emerging technologies, but current methods for measuring technology hype are insufficient for developing policies to manage it.

Aug 29, 2023 | rand.org | Swaptik Chowdhury |Timothy Marler

Centralized policy may help soften deceptively predatory aspects of Internet-platform services. The use of internet-based platform services like Amazon, DoorDash, and Uber Eats is increasing and can be helpful. But the companies that offer these services may be engaging in predatory practices that can harm users and local businesses. State and local governments have tried to rein in such practices with policy and regulations, but they have had mixed results.