Maybe it was on Downton Abbey, I forget.. I love that show, though it really is like a soap opera. So it doesn't matter if I miss an episode, you can just jump right back in. I love the history of it, and the upstairs/downstairs of it. Have to admit I relate more to those "below stairs" for some reason. Oh, maybe its cause I am not one of the idle rich. Or maybe cause my great aunt was "in service", so its in my DNA or something.
In one of the episodes electricity was new out at the estate, and was a little frightening to people. Then a friend of mine told me when electricity first came out people were afraid to use it. I can believe that. Though it is difficult to.
So the pattern: fear (new! it will fry our brains!), followed by acceptance (it is nice to have light to read by), followed by government mandates (Rural Electrification Act of 1930-something - a right to electricity!), and now we measure 'civilization' by having electricity in our homes.
Yes, will the same progression work for drones ?
First, fear (they will spy on me in my home! an invasion of my privacy!), then acceptance (oh, another traffic enforcement drone, ho hum), followed by mandate (a drone for every citizen!), then finally we will measure how civilized we are by our drones. Ah, Merry drone - the kitchen watch drone, Alex drone - the neighborhood watch drone.
