Tom Wheeler

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Something You Should Know · Why Everything We Do Matters & The Importance of Big Tech Oversight - SYSK Choice · 7 Feb 2026 podcast

And I think the companies, by the way, ought to be involved in the establishment of those basic ground rules.

So let's talk about how we do that.

I came out of the industry, Mike.

And I watched, for instance, the evolution from 1G to 2G to 3G to 4G to 5G and now 6G for smartphones.

Why did those changes take place?

Well, it took place because technology changed and the market changed and the companies said, we want to evolve with that.

And so we will get together and we will develop technical standards so that you can any any device works on any network in any country.

Major breakthrough.

But then they stopped.

And they didn't say, well, let's think, what are the consequences of this?

And should we have behavioral standards?

You talked about your experience with Alexa a few minutes ago.

There is an industry group putting together the technical standards so that all of the connected devices in the house will be able to interface with each other.

It is a terrifically good idea.

I mean, I guess there's a purpose why Roomba ought to talk to Alexa, but the fact of the matter is,

The technical standards are being built.

The industry also needs to say, okay, and here are the behavioral standards.

Here's what we're going to collect.

Here's how we're going to deal with children.

Here's how we're going to deal with how much information gets saved.

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