The news is very slow currently, which is another reason that Gary and I have had trouble with producing posts. Yesterday in the NY Times Magazine was a great article about what Roberts should be asked. It was not so much about him personally or even current debates but what the future of Supreme Court cases might be. It is all very what if and a lot of science that is perhaps likely but not assured.

Some of the issues scare me personally, face recognition cross referenced with massive data mining of every book I’ve ever read, magazine I’ve received and visas I’ve secured will certainly make the future interesting. Security might be what will concern us from a constitutional point of view, but I foresee a “Minority Report” like era where advertising is personalized to our faces being ubiquitously scanned.

All of the genetics, reproductive cloning, DNA scanning, etc is very fascinating. I suggest everyone who has a chance read the article for those insights, but to be honest I haven’t worked out my legal and moral views of those issues. I’ve only had enough time to be perplexed.

There is also an interesting section about copy write, intellectual property and the future of digital freedom. Gary will most likely be blogging about this in the future.