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I live in a city where driving is a must. I hate the commute but also use it as a time to rest. Don't be a rush, radio off and focus on driving. Don't swerve in
by fma 10y ago
I live in a city where driving is a must. I hate the commute but also use it as a time to rest. Don't be a rush, radio off and focus on driving. Don't swerve in and out of traffic...just stay in one lane, preferably towards the right where it's slower and follow the car in front. It brings distraction to a minimal, and I'm in my own enclosed world. I'm focus enough on driving but also allows for the brain to wander, or just do nothing.
- mrspeaker 10y agoI don't know how the whole "self-driving cars" thing will pan out, but it's the part of it that excites me the most... enforced rest time! I'm sure it won't last long and just become another place to do work - but at the beginning, while it's novel, it might be a nice place to be.
- dasmoth 10y agoI'm not so sure. Driving (okay, maybe not big-city start-stop driving) is somewhat relaxing because there's a kind of flow state involved with your mind focussed on the road ahead. Once the self-driving cars come along, we'll all be working on the commute.
- ashark 10y ago> Once the self-driving cars come along, we'll all be working on the commute. Or worse: reading Facebook and Buzzfeed. (and HN?) Imagine the effect all that extra free time to look at Internet ads will have on the tech giants' stock prices!
- sotojuan 10y agoDepends on the person. I don't work in my 20-30 min train commute. I just sit there and try to relax or listen to something.
- ehnto 10y agoDriving, showering, on the train when it's not busy. Places you are forced to disconnect and be in silence. A little less so with trains, but where I am from they are mostly silent places where you can read a book happily.