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> social problem was created by tech solutions in the first place. No it wasn't, people have driven with distractions since cars were invented. Eating in the c
by bluefirebrand 3y ago
> social problem was created by tech solutions in the first place.
No it wasn't, people have driven with distractions since cars were invented. Eating in the car, arguing with passengers, wrangling children, looking at paper maps, doing their makeup. etc.
The problem is people
- JKCalhoun 3y agoAnd yet, right in the title, pedestrian deaths are soaring.
- Amezarak 3y agoYes, distractions have always existed. I don’t think it’s controversial to say that smartphone addiction increased the scale and severity of the problem by orders of magnitude.
- bluefirebrand 3y agoNo, it's not controversial at all, we're in complete agreement. Tech has taken a lot of social problems and poured gas on them, it's not just this one. In some of those cases it may make sense to place limits on the tech to try and curb that. And yeah, if there is a tech way to solve this without negatively impacting passengers or commuters, it might be worth exploring. But my point still stands. This is a social problem, it was not created by smartphones and it therefore cannot be fixed by changing smartphones. At best you can try and mitigate it. And an effort to mitigate it will never fly if it has to affect every other person that may not even ever drive themselves.