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The United States
Constitution and the Bill of Rights were created in the era of hand-set
type, before the telegraph, telephone or broadcast media. Each new wave
of technology has pushed at the boundaries
of liberty and tugged at the coattails of authority by enabling more
rapid and comprehensive dissemination of information. There's more communication
taking place outside the purview of centralized authority as well as
more light shed on the inner workings of government and business. For
a long time now, drugs have been seen by the government as the main
threat to its control of knowledge and information.
Since the 1960s, the particular species of vegetable that I sometimes
carry in my pocket could, if found by the wrong person, land me in jail
and lose me my property.
Now its my disk drive. |