kaal:claim:2834531-028

The post truth diagnosis is self defeating as a basis for regulation: if there is no objective basis on which to act, the conclusion is inertia or reproduction of the status quo, which is precisely the regulatory paralysis the diagnosis purports to describe.

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If we live in a post–truth world then we don't have any objective basis on which to act, leading to inertia or the reproduction of the status quo.

From

Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017), B. A Post-Fact Society?, p. 24
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Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531

Holds when

if the skeptical post fact account of regulation is accepted

Classification

failuresupport: arguedfailure: post truth paralysisfamily: regulatory-laginstitutional-design

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