6 Insane Laws We'll Need In The Future

cracked.com:

From the war on drugs to gay marriage to file sharing, it seems like the law is in a continual, often losing, battle to keep up with the modern world.

But it's only going to get worse from here. Advances in genetic engineering and AI are going to change what it means to be human, and that means lots and lots of work for the future's lawyers.

Read the whole story: cracked.com

Comments

[Valkyrie Ice]

05:18 PM on 11/09/2009

If anyone actually bothers to read comments before going to the article, don't bother.

To anyone who actually has bothered to do a minimum amount of research into ANY of the technologies Cracked comments on, you will know that they have based EVERY SINGLE one of these "laws" on MISINFORMATION about each of these technologies.

As a serious futurology hobbyist, articles like this dismay me, because how many people are going to read it and assume it has even a tiny kernel of truth? I'm even sadder Huffpo dignified it with a link.

[Levonsky]

04:52 PM on 11/09/2009

This should be in the comedy section.
and how come the economy section is labeled "business".
It should be called the "economy" section.

[yellowdoggie]

07:49 PM on 11/11/2009

I did find this in the comedy section.