Subject: [hrpc] Useful historical reflection on cyber utopianism

From: Tony Rutkowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:56:49 -0400

A noted historian writes an Op-Ed in today's New York Times that seems
relevant to this group's remit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/sunday-review/politics-disruption-media-technology.html

You can replace the words "America" with "societies," and "Constitution"
with "International Human Rights instruments" - especially at the end.

The underlying technologies change.  The actors, motivations, and
unintended adverse consequences tend to remain the same.

--t