Legislating for the Long Term?

[Nicholas Bohm]

What the points about quantum computing make clear (again) is how radically
the relevant landscape can change.  There is a lesson here for legislators,
which is the futility of building castles in the air.

What we need are the small, quick legislative tweaks that will help
electronic commerce get itself established, not elaborate underpinnings for
elaborate infrastructures that will become out of date before anyone has
decided who might build what on top (and meanwhile make the whole
enterprise seem far more difficult than it really is).

	Regards,

		Nicholas Bohm

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