They don't give fig about playing with Glass. They care about money. It's a shake-down, don't you see? New technology emerges, gets a lot of buzz, and catches

They don't give fig about playing with Glass. They care about money. It's a shake-down, don't you see? New technology emerges, gets a lot of buzz, and catches the attention of corrupt legislators, attracting "interest" in the way a successful fruit stand on the Lower East Side would attract attention from mafia types selling "protection". Google responds by commissioning studies showing the fear is baseless and hires lobbyists to present these findings, along with large checks made out to the reelection campaigns of the legislators in question. Wash, rinse, repeat. There's a variation on this racket in which a business with a competing product or service registers the development as a threat, commissions its own study detailing the dangers, and hires lobbyists to present these "findings" to lawmakers. And of course, these also come with checks. A skillful politico will play one side off against the other, shaking them both down for more and more contributions as the issue is "studied" in greater and more excruciating detail. Barring any reason for the general public to get involved, and start sending letters, this racket unfolds in peace, day-in-day out. "So why", you ask, "don't we set up a system of public election finance and attack this system at the root?" Because (mumble, mumble, mumble) Freedom! Also, "Ah don whan ta see mah tax dahllers goin' to some pinko commie freak tryin' to destroy America." Okaaay.