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+# The Pace of Change
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+>Published 2018-07-22
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+One of the first subjects my law professor discussed with the class is the
+nature of change. We, as a society, expect ever faster change in our world
+through additions like cars, cell phones, the internet, and ever continuing
+development of purpose and meaning around those things: privacy laws, seat-belt
+laws, regulation and testing, etc.  This leads to the "[superstructure][4]"
+changing faster than the infrastructure.
+
+The problem with this ever-faster pace of evolution is that the law, our norms,
+and our generational preferences are part of the *infrastrucutre*. While
+technology is unmoored from the limits of certain things like social convention,
+we still have people who will physically assault someone for wearing [Google
+Glass][1] or recording them via phone. While this may have been an issue as
+early as 2008/2009, we [have states establishing two-party consent][3]
+requirements as early as 2010, and by 2017 we have a [constitutional rights to
+record police][2]. It took ten *years* for the law to catch up to the
+proliferation of portable, high-quality recording devices, and even then our
+*societal* norms haven't caught up. Fifty years ago, [Future Shock][5] shook the
+world with its predictions of radical change and evolving technology, which is
+also addressed in [this NPR article][6].  
+
+As technology and our world evolves, **much will change and we must change with
+it.** One cannot stick their head in the sand, say "I disagree," and simply
+expect the world to adapt. Neither nature, expanding geopolitics, nor technology
+will care, but with time and effort maybe we can enshrine more cosmopolitan
+understanding and norms into our laws.
+
+[1]:http://www.businessinsider.com/i-was-assaulted-for-wearing-google-glass-2014-4
+[2]:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/a-major-victory-for-the-right-to-record-police/533031/
+[3]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_recording_by_civilians
+[4]:https://www.google.com/search?q=Dictionary#dobs=superstructure
+[5]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock
+[6]:https://www.npr.org/2016/06/30/484215904/encore-future-shock-40-years-later
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