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> the industry wants to sell more cars by loading them with self-driving features Strangely as it may sound, the plan is exactly the opposite, to make personal
by bumholio 8y ago
> the industry wants to sell more cars by loading them with self-driving features
Strangely as it may sound, the plan is exactly the opposite, to make personal cars a rarity.
> "I don't see how coronary heart disease is relevant to this conversation that's about ending world hunger"
Fixed that for you. People without access to cheap transport or food really don't have time to worry about emissions or coronaries.
- jellicle 8y agoYour plan includes banning personal car ownership? If it doesn't, then how do you plan to reduce it?
- bumholio 8y agoAside for car fetishists, owning a car is an expensive and draining choice for most people. It stands to reason that, if the fantastic self driving promises materialize, people would chose not to own a personal car, just like they choose not to own a chicken coop or a cow - themselves prized possessions in times before refrigeration and supermarkets (and cars). The promises might fail but that's the plan anyway, to make ride hailing so ubiquitous and frictionless that it's more convenient than ownership.