After reading this it occurs to me that a key aspect of the real world that is missing in the digital variant is identity. When people believe they cannot be se

After reading this it occurs to me that a key aspect of the real world that is missing in the digital variant is identity. When people believe they cannot be seen they are prone to doing things that they might not otherwise do. If one needed a licence to drive on the information highway where digital-traffic violations had fines and/or jail terms, things might be different. Sounds un-workable? Perhaps. But there was time when anyone could drive an animal powered vehicle with no certification. Once transportation technology became too powerful regulation had to follow to prevent chaos. How different is the current situation? Why does the local radio station, with 5 KW transmitter, need a FEDERAL license but Facebook and Twitter do not? Political leaders in the early 20th century seemed to understand the power of electronic media and did not shirk their responsibility to manage the society they found themselves in. I am of the opinion that the current flock of political leaders, many of whom were born before the micro-computer existed are incapable of drafting the appropriate balanced language for this century. It will therefore fall on those born in the digital era to figure it out but the speed of digital change means we are already late and damage will be done before solutions exist.