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> All of a sudden you can have the idea that an hour-long commute is actually a big perk because instead of driving and having to sit and focus and lurch throug
by BjoernKW 10y ago
> All of a sudden you can have the idea that an hour-long commute is actually a big perk because instead of driving and having to sit and focus and lurch through traffic, what if your car is a rolling living room?
This is ridiculous. That's what our supposedly most innovative thinkers can come up with? Turning your car into a living room so we can have even more commuting (with all the wonderful side effects that come with it ...)?
What about eliminating the need to commute in the first place?
- blhack 10y agoMaybe not everybody wants to live in a population dense metropolis? 1hr commute outside of Minneapolis, Duluth, St. Cloud, or any of the other metro areas in MN and you're living in a beautiful cabin in the woods.
- BjoernKW 10y agoSo, why not work from there while enjoying the beautiful view and only go to the city if personal presence really is required (which most of time it isn't)?
- collyw 10y agoTo be fair that is a culture problem rather than one that can be solved with tech (well it already is solved by tech).
- BjoernKW 10y agoIs it? In a larger context I think it's very much the job of tech and technological solutions to bring about cultural change. Keep in mind, sharing files and chat essentially were solved problems long before Dropbox and Slack came along, too. However, it was only with these two companies and their products that a wider audience adopted those solutions because finally someone got the UX right.