I don't think it's quite that far fetched - the reason we don't have flying cars or moon bases is that neither was actually all that desirable; neither was bett

I don't think it's quite that far fetched - the reason we don't have flying cars or moon bases is that neither was actually all that desirable; neither was better than what we have by enough of a margin to make the short-term capital investment worth it. The same doesn't really hold true for driverless cars. It appears they will be cheaper, traffic and road safety would improve significantly and we're already now used to calling for a car with the push of a button on our mobile phones. Plus, we've already got billions being put into the development of them, by real public companies with a lot of shareholders and boards to answer to. We never really had that with flying cars or moon-bases.