On: Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated?

[bredren]

Is this a question of whether some law is on the books or is it a combination of regulation and enforcement?

For example, there are regulations in most states about ebikes, their motor capability and whether they have throttle.

But these are also very regularly entirely unenforced (nyc not withstanding)

It seems often interesting phenomena may have _some_ regulation but it is not remotely enforced. In my mind this meets the threshold of cool unregulated stuff.

[xtiansimon → bredren]

Interesting—‘selective enforcement’ [1] or what I’ve heard described as ‘will to enforce the law’.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_enforcement

[bredren → xtiansimon]

Yes, the status of marijuana in many states leads to selective enforcement which is often biased against minorities. [1]

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2019/06/26/report-despite...