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On the one side - i find this quite extraordinary- a government ready to push new technologys, instead of inhibiting it- on the other (slightly paranoid) side-
by Pica_soO 9y ago
On the one side - i find this quite extraordinary- a government ready to push new technologys, instead of inhibiting it- on the other (slightly paranoid) side- what is in it for the senators?
Huge portions of traffic automated, because they really love new tech? Nah.
They could have forwarded hyperloops and public traffic ages ago.
Do they get a bonus point for the next vote? Certainly not, a large part of the population earns its "good" livelihood with what this law is about to destroy.
So one wonders- can you push and incentivize the trading of still green bananas to the market- and the watch the populous lynch the producers/cripple with regulation, after the expected large failure happens?
You would be seen as tech loving - and you could prevent social turmoil + reap large lobbyist gift basket.
Of course that would be very cynical and presume foresight on the part of the politician. Still.
- jcao219 9y agoI'm having trouble comprehending your fourth paragraph.
- Pica_soO 9y agoThe idea is to take a new technology, that is bound to create horrible accidents, and push it faster forward then is its own pace - thus creating indirectly a surge of horrible accidents in the publics eyes, that would make the public rise against said technology. A sort of - over-evaluation to kill a company- strategy.
- stevenwoo 9y agoWhat's in it for them? Their campaigns probably got donations from lobbyists for the interest in question. If you don't have HBO - http://www.newsweek.com/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-congressional-fundraising-443675 http://www.newsweek.com/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-congre... Similarly, the anti net neutrality congresspeople can be found simply by examining the amount of campaign funds raised from the fiber/cable/wireless providers. The folks who voted against allowing importation of equivalent drugs into the USA from Canada - just have to look at pharma contributions to congresspeople.
- pyroinferno 9y agoHyperloops is a meme. You fell for it, congrats.
- turk183 9y agoThey're getting bucks for one thing and only one thing--eliminating the cost of long-haul truck drivers or turning them into minimum-wage "truck minders" or something like that.