Unless you’ve been living under a rock in recent days, you’ve heard about the new messenger for package delivery: drones. But unless you’ve been paying close attention to your government, you’ve probably missed the reason that they’re cause for concern.
When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced on the December 1 airing of “60 Minutes” that drones would soon be cruising the skyway as the newest, most expeditious form of package delivery, images of little flying robots bringing books and games to homes across America led to a flurry of speculation as to how a world of drone activity might actually look.
Maureen Dowd of the New York Times expressed trepidation about a world in which, “Howard Schultz will want to drop your half-caf, bone-dry, ristretto, venti, four-pump, sugar-free, cinnamon dolce, soy, skinny Starbucks latte on the front step at 7 a.m., and Tim Cook will want to deliver the latest Apple toys the soonest, and Disney’s Robert Iger will want his drones gussied up like Mary Poppins.”
It’s understandable that people might have some reservations about the prospect of flying robots becoming..
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