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During your job at the CIA, were you ever in a situation where you feared for your life? If yes, how did you manage to get out of it? (Yeah, I watch too much 24 and Homeland. :))

Do you think Snowden has been compromised by Russia? What do you think about the new Android app Haven released by him? It is open source, but do you think it is a way for Russia to collect information after US govt booted Kaspersky (what do you think about the Kaspersky situation, btw?) and they must have been able to sneak in a hard-to-find backdoor?

What is your opinion about compatibilism -- the thesis that determinism and free will are compatible?

Do you think that the universe is eternal or did it begin to exist at some finite point in the past? If you think it began to exist, how do you reply to the Kalam cosmological argument i.e. that some transcendent cause (like God) was required to bring it into existence (because of the metaphysical principle: something can't come out of nothing)?

And, what do you think about the fine-tuning argument?

As someone who has a libertarian bent and who is wary of government overreach (as in mass surveillance through the NSA), I think the government should keep regulations to the minimum. (I also supported the Citizens United decision because of First Amendment considerations.)

So, my question is whether there is any way we can solve this without more government or reclassification by FCC? Can we ensure that there is enough competition in the market so that it self-regulates, that is, companies that fail to enforce net neutrality, by themselves, are punished as their customers choose to get broadband/4G from other companies? (I know there isn't enough competition right now with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile making up a large share, and thus my idea of self-regulation sounds good only in theory.)