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LanternWaste

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14. No more and no less than the transformation to the combustion engine from the horse and buggy

Wed Sep 21, 2016, 01:31 PM

Sep 2016

"People will die because of the technology, as well as in spite of it... Every death, every injury is a learning experience, not a sad tragedy. Just keep a warm thought that the people killed and injured are not victims, they are noble martyrs of this great leap forward...."

No more and no less than the transformation to the combustion engine from the horse and buggy. Unless you're naive enough to believe that the early twentieth century conversion was without death, injury or incident. Ironically enough, what you yourself drive daily was itself indicted in the same manner and format you currently use by the early twentieth century rural population of America and western Europe.

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Your concerns about technology are pure BS. Leave those poor corporations alone [View all] FrodosPet Sep 2016 OP

Nice passive-aggressive post. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #1

Thank you! FrodosPet Sep 2016 #4

And the benefits are? lame54 Sep 2016 #2

Yeah... That kind of does make you a technophobic Luddite. eom VulgarPoet Sep 2016 #3

huh? WestCoastLib Sep 2016 #5

And there are people upset by that very fact FrodosPet Sep 2016 #6

Not seeing it, sorry. WestCoastLib Sep 2016 #9

No, you really don't. whatthehey Sep 2016 #10

Getting old really sucks FrodosPet Sep 2016 #18

All of those things are existing road hazards Codeine Sep 2016 #33

You are correct. No more strawmen posts. Not sure if I will even leave uncommented news stories FrodosPet Sep 2016 #40

Everyone likes and dislikes regulation The2ndWheel Sep 2016 #12

And the advancement of science and technology has even higher standards than you LanternWaste Sep 2016 #15

Another bullshit FUD strawman whatthehey Sep 2016 #7

I have NOTHING against deploying the tech when ready FrodosPet Sep 2016 #25

Oh, look. Another luddite. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #8

Getting old should be illegal FrodosPet Sep 2016 #19

No, but it should impart humility. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #27

I for one, welcome our new robotic overlords. Hugin Sep 2016 #11

With any luck at all they'll be equipped with Galaxy 7 style batteries. Hugin Sep 2016 #17

Robots shouldn't have tweaker teeth. Codeine Sep 2016 #34

Word on the street is this is the clocker with the apple jack. Hugin Sep 2016 #37

People die every day from human error Egnever Sep 2016 #13

Apples and Oranges. Good for dessert, bad for comparisons FrodosPet Sep 2016 #21

You must hate the space program yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #26

And -I- am supposed to be the "strawman guy" in this thread? FrodosPet Sep 2016 #28

I admit it was strawman but it was the only thing at the time I could equate to it yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #29

The benefits and potential are already being realized Major Nikon Sep 2016 #49

No more and no less than the transformation to the combustion engine from the horse and buggy LanternWaste Sep 2016 #14

What you have to do is accept that you don't matter The2ndWheel Sep 2016 #16

I am trying, but that is very difficult FrodosPet Sep 2016 #22

Wow. No posts about teh impossible, can't drive in the snow Glassunion Sep 2016 #20

I guess all that does not matter FrodosPet Sep 2016 #23

You raise some excellent points Glassunion Sep 2016 #24

And how about the fucking Grapevine in SoCal. longship Sep 2016 #30

What about Grapevine? Glassunion Sep 2016 #31

How many of those miles experience rain or snow? longship Sep 2016 #32

They don't only get tested in CA and NV when the weather is good. Glassunion Sep 2016 #35

My safety standards are simple. longship Sep 2016 #36

How is insurance a game stopper? Egnever Sep 2016 #39

Right now, no insurance company is going to insure one for a reasonable price. longship Sep 2016 #41

You keep saying things as if they are fact but they aren't. Egnever Sep 2016 #42

No true Scotsman! longship Sep 2016 #43

At this point I think it is pretty clear you are not interested in facts Egnever Sep 2016 #44

No! You are wrong. I am interested in safety longship Sep 2016 #45

And yet in every accident they have been in except one 2mph fender bender. Egnever Sep 2016 #46

But, I thought that they were autonomous!! longship Sep 2016 #48

A lot more now Egnever Sep 2016 #38

A good start. longship Sep 2016 #47