Thursday, November 7, 2013

Next Big Future: The Self Driving car revolution should begin with trucks ...

Next Big Future: The Self Driving car revolution should begin with trucks...: Nextbigfuture was looking at how and where to operate robotic cars to accelerate their introduction back in 2008. Robotic car only zones in...

This is one development that I can live without.

I drive for a living.  Having your own job made obsolete tends to focus your attention most effectively.  It sort of reminds me of a movie, Logan's Run, where the "Sandman" took pleasure in hunting down "runners".  The runners just wanted to live, but the Sandman enforced the customs of the city, in which old age was forbidden.  These people who egg on this development of driverless vehicles remind me of the Sandman.

What if you just want to work and make a living, but this new society being built has just made you obsolete?  Perhaps it doesn't matter to you until its your job that's being phased out.  That's what happened to the Sandman in the movie.  He took pleasure in the hunting down of runners until it was his turn to run.


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