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>Riding a scooter doesn’t feel like cruising on a Segway to me anymore, but it remains socially conspicuous. In the long run, it seems that ownership is moving

by rhema 8y ago

>Riding a scooter doesn’t feel like cruising on a Segway to me anymore, but it remains socially conspicuous. In the long run, it seems that ownership is moving towards the cloud model. The same arguments for virtual machines in a server can be used for vehicles and, likely, many other types of physical items. There is no doubt that a pool of 100 scooters serving 1000 people is better for the environment than 1000 under-utilized scooters.

baxtr 8y ago
That’s probably what’s going to happen with scooters and bikes. I’m not convinced with cats yet though. I got some stuff that I want to be permanently in the car. EDIT: I meant cars ;-) but it’s so funny, I just leave it as is
- djrogers 8y ago
  > I’m not convinced with cats yet though I agree - while there have been cat rentals and cat coffee shops, they haven't really taken off like this. ;-)
  - baxtr 8y ago
    ;-) Probably because they weren’t blockchain based or AI powered, yet!
  - DrScump 8y ago
    All cat implementations I've seen are dockless, and many don't coexist well with birds.
- xraystyle 8y ago
  Cars are a completely different thing. No one really thinks about it like this, but one of the most appealing things about a car is that it's an extension of your personal space. It's almost an additional room in your house or apartment that you can take with you. When I get out of work and get into my car, it's like I'm sort of almost home already. Driving sucks in traffic, but I'm in my own, fairly comfortable space I've customized to my liking that I'm in complete control of. When I take any kind of transit, I'm not done with my day until I'm literally all the way back to my own apartment. Additionally, I actually quite like driving when traffic isn't bad. I'd much rather sit in traffic in my own car than on any kind of public transit. That statement holds until the transit option cuts my commute time by better than 2 to 1. The reality is (at least here in Los Angeles) that taking public transit usually doubles the travel time vs a car. I don't see this changing.
  - DrScump 8y ago
    Id much rather sit in traffic in my own car than on any kind of public transit. The upside of public transit is that it frees you to read/sleep/work en route.

by rhema 8y ago

baxtr 8y ago

That’s probably what’s going to happen with scooters and bikes. I’m not convinced with cats yet though. I got some stuff that I want to be permanently in the car. EDIT: I meant cars ;-) but it’s so funny, I just leave it as is

djrogers 8y ago
> I’m not convinced with cats yet though I agree - while there have been cat rentals and cat coffee shops, they haven't really taken off like this. ;-)
- baxtr 8y ago
  ;-) Probably because they weren’t blockchain based or AI powered, yet!
- DrScump 8y ago
  All cat implementations I've seen are dockless, and many don't coexist well with birds.
xraystyle 8y ago
Cars are a completely different thing. No one really thinks about it like this, but one of the most appealing things about a car is that it's an extension of your personal space. It's almost an additional room in your house or apartment that you can take with you. When I get out of work and get into my car, it's like I'm sort of almost home already. Driving sucks in traffic, but I'm in my own, fairly comfortable space I've customized to my liking that I'm in complete control of. When I take any kind of transit, I'm not done with my day until I'm literally all the way back to my own apartment. Additionally, I actually quite like driving when traffic isn't bad. I'd much rather sit in traffic in my own car than on any kind of public transit. That statement holds until the transit option cuts my commute time by better than 2 to 1. The reality is (at least here in Los Angeles) that taking public transit usually doubles the travel time vs a car. I don't see this changing.
- DrScump 8y ago
  Id much rather sit in traffic in my own car than on any kind of public transit. The upside of public transit is that it frees you to read/sleep/work en route.