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@anport I remember that, back in the early days, this was the argument for everything Google did.
Maps? So you can search more.
Email? So you can search more.
Docs? See above.
I don't know how much this works for cars, but I've got to admit that I didn't think it would work for email, and I was clearly wrong.
I'm that rare thing on Mastodon these days, a techno-optimist. But even I can't quite see the point of self-driving cars.
Yes, they are (or soon will be) safer than human drivers, and I accept that they will somehow (how?) reduce road congestion.
But all of that sounds like marginal gains.
Why spend trillions just to slightly improve things?
What am I missing?
It breaks my heart to say this, but if what's going on in America teaches us anything it's that highlighting how much a politician hates minorities isn't enough to stop the majority from voting for them.