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The article is okay, but I'm disappointed about a lack of larger big-picture thinking. It assumes (instead of questioning) that we will live in cities or often
by staltz 9y ago
The article is okay, but I'm disappointed about a lack of larger big-picture thinking. It assumes (instead of questioning) that we will live in cities or often visit cities. The internet economy already decentralized cities by making visiting them less relevant than before, you can work from anywhere. Snowden has given many conference talks without leaving his middle-of-nowhere cabin in Russia.
Even if this vision were true, what about other problems like motion sickness when working (or reading books) in a moving vehicle? That's just one question of many.
- Eridrus 9y agoI think most people who look at self-driving tech focus on aggregate numbers too much. Cars might be idle 95% of the time, but our lives are in sync in such a way that peak demand is significantly higher than the 5% utilisation number suggests. People focus on the cost of the car without a driver, but forget that roads are not infinite and as demand for driverless cars increases, congestion will only get worse. I don't think we're going to get to a future where everyone works remotely any time soon, but I do feel like self-driving cars will favor cities that look more like LA than NYC.
- AstralStorm 9y agoWell, there are some efficiencies in routing and spacing to be mined with centrally controlled cars. Not as many as with real public transport though.
- Buttes10 9y agoCentrally controlled, eh? Can't wait to see the first fleet attack that disables (or worse) tens of thousands of cars on the road.