During an address about the so-called "golden age of American innovation," White House Office of Science and Technology director Michael Kratsios claimed that "Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space." The bizarre and largely nonsensical statement, which appears to have been part of a breathless rallying cry to end regulation of the tech industry, suggests that Kratsios believes that tech companies can defy the basic laws of physics. However, it remains unclear which "technologies" Kratsios was referring to. "At a time defined by the desire to build in America again, we have to throw off the burden of […]