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> So eliminating motor accidents would save around 3x more lives than curing malaria. Indeed, a worthwhile intervention. But when do you think Tesla will be a
by h0l0cube 6y ago
> So eliminating motor accidents would save around 3x more lives than curing malaria.
Indeed, a worthwhile intervention. But when do you think Tesla will be auto-updating the FSD rickshaws in Liberia?
- fastball 6y agoThe faster it gets solved in the first market the faster it gets solved in the last, so the point stands.
- h0l0cube 6y agoNot really. If you spend a dollar now on mosquito nets you might save a life. If you order a Tesla, you have yourself a fancy car that few people in the world can afford.
- fastball 6y agoNot sure I follow.
- h0l0cube 6y agoYou can execute a vastly cheaper intervention now, or you can speculate on something that helps in the future at some indeterminate time, probably decades away, that will always cost more.
- h0l0cube 6y agoAnd to make another point against FSD as a humanitarian intervention. Looking at the highest vehicle deaths per capita (or per no. of vehicles), it over represented by developing nations. What's common to them is poor infrastructure, unpaved roads, older vehicles with less safety features, lack of government enforced safety standards, lack of road rules and enforcement, etc. Worldwide road deaths will be more affected by regulatory interventions, capital spending, etc. FSD won't make a real dint in this number. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...