{"id":998,"date":"2015-04-30T11:39:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T15:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/?p=998"},"modified":"2019-06-03T10:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:12:50","slug":"brunel-on-legislation-technical-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/brunel-on-legislation-technical-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Brunel on Legislation & Technical Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.
\n\u2014 Isambard Kingdom Brunel<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Cf. regulations against adaptive headlights<\/a> and other automotive innovations<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-quotes","tag-government","post_format-post-format-aside","wpautop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3sddF-g6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":761,"url":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/davy-on-scientific-progress\/","url_meta":{"origin":998,"position":0},"title":"Davy on Scientific Progress","author":"jsylvest","date":"17 January 2014","format":"aside","excerpt":"Nothing is more fatal to the progress of the human mind than to presume that our view of science is ultimate, that our triumphs are complete, that there are no mysteries in nature, and that there are no new worlds to conquer. \u2014 Humphry Davy","rel":"","context":"In "CS \/ Science \/ Tech \/ Coding"","block_context":{"text":"CS \/ Science \/ Tech \/ Coding","link":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/category\/cs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1124,"url":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/national-ai-strategy\/","url_meta":{"origin":998,"position":1},"title":"National AI Strategy","author":"jsylvest","date":"9 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of my co-workers published a sponsored piece in the Atlantic calling for a national AI strategy,\u00a0which was tied in to\u00a0some discussions at the\u00a0Washington Ideas event. 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