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> Like with Tesla, every accident and injury caused by a Waymo vehicle is going recieve disproportionate media coverage and subsequent public backlash. Explain
by jancsika 7y ago
> Like with Tesla, every accident and injury caused by a Waymo vehicle is going recieve disproportionate media coverage and subsequent public backlash.
Explain the universe where humans are rational enough to give "proportionate" attention to tech as novel as self-driving cars, yet irrational enough to have preferred private car ownership over mass transit in the first place.
- conanbatt 7y agoWhy irrational? Cabs are SO convenient, and public transportation has all kinds of issues world-wide. Buenos Aires, for example, has subsidized metro (about 0.50U$S per ticket) vs a non-subsidized uber (5U$S per ride~) and still the experience is so much better and convenient and reliable that 5U$S is really worth it. I think that the ride-hailing revolution is a classic case of great microeconomics.
- robotresearcher 7y agoUber rides are subsidized by investors.
- conanbatt 7y agoEven better, rich people giving free money to drivers and riders world-wide is one the most fantastic charity project in the world.
- rayiner 7y agoFun fact: the U.S. has among the shortest commute times in the entire OECD, because we rely more on point-to-point private car ownership and less on mass transit: https://www.oecd.org/els/family/LMF2_6_Time_spent_travelling_to_and_from_work.pdf https://www.oecd.org/els/family/LMF2_6_Time_spent_travelling...