The Wright Brothers first powered flight was in 1903. The first commercial flight according to Wikipedia was in 1914 and the first Commercial airline company starting in 1919. I would argue that the rate of technical change has quickened since then. It is true that the rate of legislative change seems slower today, but I think that technical triumphs have a way of creating massive displacements almost overnight. Btw the internet only started seeing serious use in 1995. There were questions about anonymity, privacy, fair use, but somehow they have sorted themselves out.