Breaking Up Big Tech, Should We?
Techstrong.IT, Thursday, December 18th, 2025
I don't often change my mind in public. Not because I'm stubborn (okay, maybe a little), but because when you've been around this industry long enough, you learn to be wary of shiny arguments that feel good in the moment and age poorly over time.
But every once in a while, a good debate does what it's supposed to do: It forces you to sit back, listen, and rethink assumptions you've held for years.
That's exactly what happened when I watched the recent Open to Debate forum, 'Tech Titans or Tyrants? Should the U.S. Government Break Up Big Tech?', hosted in partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.