RCP: [JohnStossel] The first step in inventing something shouldn’t be waiting for government approval. What would ever get done?
“Regulators like to see new types of law and regulation imposed upon the internet and emerging technologies,” warns Adam Thierer, author of “Permissionless Innovation.”
“From drones to driverless cars to the ‘internet of things’ … they want to put the genie back in the bottle of all this wonderful innovation that’s out there.”
“Think about 20 years ago. If Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, if Steve Jobs of Apple or anybody from Google had to come to the government, say, the Federal Communications Commission and get their blessing or a license to operate, you have to wonder how many of them would even exist today,” said Thierer. more
If there is not any specific law against something I am free to do what I want. They can kiss my ass
Conceptually he is correct.
However, drones and driverless cars interact with my personal space and as a person is regulated as to what they can do in my personal space, more so should a drone or driverless car.
As it stands now, if a person with binoculars is looking over your fence into your daughters bedroom, he will be arrested, but a drone doing the same thing cannot be.
At the end of the day, there is a person running the machine. To shield that person from repercussions for denying my rights is wrong.
I’m not sure driverless cars are at all a good idea. I can too easily imagine a political dissident geting in his driverless car late at night after a party at a friend’s house, punching up the route home, and finding that he not only has no control over the vehicle, he can’t even stop and get out of it. Instead, he ends up in the basement garage of State Security where several big guys with jackboots and truncheons are waiting for him. If you want to be less melodramatic, highly computerized driverless vehicles can make it much easier for the state to track and control the movements of its citizens. There really is a huge potential for political abuse here.
The First Federal Governmental Regulatory Agency:
“I don’t know Zog, This Fire concept of yours, It’s a wild and volatile thing, and you want to bring it in the cave with the children. What if it gets loose? We admit that it makes the steaks taste great, and one can see it’s uses in winter, but Fire is just too dangerous for just anybody to use willy nilly about the cave.”
Lazlo – “Not until you invent smoke detectors”.