Modern societies, however resilient, are built on remarkably shaky foundations: every single day, we all depend on the moral standards and the restraint of thousands of random strangers. The rules of this game are weakly enforced through series of very imperfect deterrence mechanisms (less than 20%...
Barbers and security professionals
There seems to be a significant, government-sponsored push for compulsory certification and licensing in the security industry. The wonderfully self-contradictory report from the Commission on Cybersecurity aside, Larry Seltzer pointed out that this very idea is also a major part of the proposed Cybersecurity...