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Robots can be optimized for tasks and if they are, their benefits are greater. When cars replaced the horse, it was because they didn’t poop, and because a car
by bobthepanda 6mo ago
Robots can be optimized for tasks and if they are, their benefits are greater. When cars replaced the horse, it was because they didn’t poop, and because a car designed only for transport would not suddenly have a heart attack and stop working.
- tomtomistaken 6mo agoFunnily enough, cars have their own way of pooping and dying of a heart attack.
- bobthepanda 6mo agoIt’s far less frequent, is at least recoverable, and of course there’s no immediate public sanitation issue the way poop and dead horses attract flies and disease.
- tintor 6mo agoCars can stop working suddenly in many many ways, for many reasons.
- bobthepanda 6mo agoBut at far less frequency and severity than a temperamental horse. In Manhattan in 1900, 400 horses would die a day, and a rotting horse carcass is a far bigger sanitation problem than a broken down car, which you can tow and fix up.
- somewhatgoated 5mo agoI thought it’s more because they go hundreds times faster than horses and don’t need rest, so you don’t need to change horses all the time on long journeys. Plus you can easily haul tons of stuff