Yea in my neighborhood I also don't want drones buzzing around and clouding up my views or disturbing my nice day at the park just to deliver drop-shipped plast

Yea in my neighborhood I also don't want drones buzzing around and clouding up my views or disturbing my nice day at the park just to deliver drop-shipped plastic crap from slave factories. I'd rather instead of Amazon continue to gain market share that* we have more local stores so we can rebuild our middle class. Yes in my backyard for more local businesses, sidewalks and walkable neighborhoods, fresh, local produce, and parks, and development, and clear skies without noise disturbances. If you want your packages delivered sooner why not set up your own small communities next to Amazon distribution centers and work out a deal with Amazon to pick up your own packages? Maybe they can even give you a Prime discount for self-pickup?? Technology is just a tool - it's neither progressive nor regressive except in the results of its application usage. I'm not sure where we got this idea that more efficient deliveries == "progress". Progress toward what? Even more efficient deliveries? * Nothing in particular against Amazon versus Wal-Mart or other generic retailers, Amazon is just the topic of the OP.