Wired News: Futurist Fears End of Innovation

02:00 AM Apr. 24, 2003 PT
SANTA CLARA, California -- Author Howard Rheingold believes the freedom of technologists to innovate is under attack as never before.
Delivering the keynote speech at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, Rheingold warned that vested interests, flexing their political and economic muscle, are stifling technological innovation.