But if such a law is to emerge those interests must first be balanced against other rights, including the public's right to know and the need to maintain competition. Before West Coast code becomes East Coast code , in other words, it must conform to East Coast norms and to the needs of all the people, not just the big property owners. All this is designed to make the Web usable by computer programs acting as agents of their human masters. This is vital if you want to, say, get your mom the right treatment for a new and dangerous health condition. As the Web becomes more automatic in our lives, in other words, control mechanisms, which are in turn controlled by the free consent of people, become even more necessary.
Nothing is set in stone.
All our assumptions should be subject to change. No Clue lasts forever. If that goes over your head, consider this. What you've assumed to be true may not be. Dinosaurs may well have been birds.