&quot;I&#x27;m curious who this author is, a lobbyist for Uber?&quot;<p>Actually, yes, pretty much.<p>&quot;Derek Khanna (@DerekKhanna) is a former congressional staffer and IP litigation lawyer in Silicon Valley who spearheaded a campaign that enacted the last technology bill into law (P.L. 113-144), and Cesar Conda (@CesarConda) is a former Senate chief of staff and White House policy adviser, founding principal and policy adviser of Navigators Global.&quot;