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Unfortunately, no, because all of the current owners of said vehicles are incredibly possessive and covetous of such objects, and prone to exerting their influe
by pavement 9y ago
Unfortunately, no, because all of the current owners of said vehicles are incredibly possessive and covetous of such objects, and prone to exerting their influence of similar attitudes over their peers.
Self driving cars, owned by faceless organizations can be silently converted after the fact, effectively subverting the psychological ploy of keeping-up-with-the-joneses style peer pressure, which has held a death grip on the lifestyles of puny materialistic mortals for decades now, as demonstrated by beer advertising, cigarette advertising, vacuous fashion trends and so on. In fact, apply this principle to pretty much every bad habit you can imagine.
- Can_Not 9y ago> Unfortunately, no, because all of the current owners of said vehicles are incredibly possessive and covetous of such objects I think most of us can't afford to take out $10,000-$250,000 loans to replace working assets we already own that have 5-10 good years left on them.
- pavement 9y agoOh, but what about wealthy corporations rendering autonomous vehicle services, either as their primary offering, or as an ancillary side business? You could own shares in such a company, purchase a subscription to summon vehicles at a rate, or buy a vehicle and resell its autonomy, offsetting the expense. One might view some of these options as a form of collective ownership, and so it might not just be you owning one on your own, but maybe contributing to the partial ownership of one or more vehicles.
- Can_Not 9y agoI don't live in a place where any of that stuff will be practical or is coming for the next 5 years.
- pavement 9y agoI didn't speak to whether or not this applies to anything expected to happen within 5 years, or ever at all, or whether you should expect this to be practical information.