Smarter Cities, Smarter Regulations: A Case for the Algorithmic Regulation of Platform-Based Sharing Economy Firms
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SMARTER CITIES, SMARTER REGULATIONS: A
CASE FOR THE ALGORITHMIC REGULATION OF
PLATFORM-BASED SHARING ECONOMY FIRMS
Bryan Wilson, J.D., CIPPIUS*
Sal Cali, J.D**
Abstract:
Regulations ought to be as efficient as the technologies they govern - or
at least they can be. This has been the primary motivation for writing this article
- designing regulations to fit the technologies they are intended to govern. This
paper seeks to come up with common sense ways of regulating these
technologies, by 1) understanding the theory of computer ethics and how it
applies to platform-based sharing economies, 2) identifying what aspects of
platform-based sharing economies are in need of regulation by way of analogy,
3) surveying the regulations that are out there for these different behaviors -
regulatory components, and 4) figuring out how to package all of these behaviors
together in a way that improves the efficiency and efficacy of existing
regulations. The conclusion of this paper is that platform-based sharing
economies and the data that they produced can be regulated algorithmically
through a set of system rules in a way that achieves policy goals with a greater
level of precision.
Cities - from companies to individual citizens to local governments -
have shown that they are capable of operating more efficiently by incorporating,
what were at one point, technological disruptions and leveraging them to achieve
efficiency. Typically, these moves toward efficiency start with companies and
individuals. Local governments usually are the last to the table. Such has been
the case with the adoption and incorporation of most major disruptions - from
automobiles to the television to the Internet. It has been shown, historically, that
the full benefits of disruptive technologies are only achieved once a certain
environment exists.]
* Bryan is a May 2016 graduate of the UMKC School of Law and the Manager and Co-founder of
KC Legal Hackers.
Sal is a 2016 graduate of the UMIKC School of Law.
First and foremost, this article is the result of numerous conversations with a multitude of people
and would not be possible without the guidance of Dean Suni. Further thanks need to be given to
the research of Allison Kleinow, and numerous conversations with Michael Robak, Tony Luppino,
Kate Garman, Evan Absher, Ashley Hand, Eric Roche, Rick Usher, Aaron Deacon, Paul Barham,
and everyone in Kansas City who came together for the purpose of creating regulations that make
sense, given the new technologies that are in play. Further, this article would not be here but for
conversations with Dazza Greenwood, James Hazard, Tony Lai, the efforts of many Legal Hackers
groups, as well as everybody cited in this article. Thank you all for your patience, support, and
insights.
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