Algorithms, Law and Government

In the late 17th and early 18th century, when the system of parliamentary democracy still employed in most countries was conceived, the concept of instant mass communications did not exist. Marconi would not be born for another 160 odd years and Sir Tim Berners Lee was many generations away from inventing the World Wide Web. It is reasonable therefore to conclude that those who conceived our so-called modern system of parliamentary democracy did not view the level of Openness and Transparency that would allow the general public to have access to the governmental decision-making process as a high priority.