without the prop 65 label how will I know that wood, coffee, and nearly every cooked food causes cancer?
I was trying to empathize with you (not judge your actions)
It might seem ideal, but I can't imagine a more dystopian world.
Caves of Steel is an interesting Asimov book with similar themes. Not saying it’s at all realistic or predictive, just an interesting book that tackles similar ideas.
I saw a couple of bicyclists ignoring a stop sign in front of me after I entered the intersection in the crossing direction the other day. I congratulated myself for not giving them the death penalty for their transgression.
And I doubt my present job of "retiree" can be done by a robot as well as I can do it....
That's still work. Might not be a job, but it's work.
They're not mutually exclusive. Flying is my hobby, but when the winds are very gusty, I've noticed that it's a lot of work. It's still my hobby at those times.
I always wonder why the rules say a bicycle should use the roadway instead of sidewalks.
Around here, bicyclists are allowed to use either, except riding on the sidewalk is not allowed in a business district.
Most collisions happen at intersections, which can't be avoided even when using sidewalks.
It usually depends on the width of the road, in combination to other local laws
Often a defensive trait, as idiots in cars can’t quite grasp legal separation.
That might be where the collisions are, but they are annoying the entire length of the road. I wouldn't mind too much if they could come close to keeping up with the speed limit, and didn't ride in the middle of the road so that you can't pass.
My father was killed by a driver making an unprotected left turn while my father was going straight through a green. And a close friend had to have neck vertebrae put back together after being hit by someone running a red light. But sorry to hear about your experience with some bicyclists thinking that signs don't apply to them.
I"m truly sorry to hear about your Father and your good friend. But it does support my claim that collisions between bicycles and cars are more catastrophic than collisions between bicycles and pedestrians. They are going to have to cross those intersections regardless. I just think it would make it safer to separate cars from more those more vulnerable than them as much as possible.
Probably would work as well as the self-driving cars I see, where the person behind the steering wheel is staring at a screen while the car is in motion. The best ones were last Thursday during a snow storm.
Do you have a link to that? Sounds entertaining!
To be honest, low to mid tier computers have more than enough power for over 80% of us. Seems like reducing power usage is getting more priority these days
Not of people playing with their phones while driving, but here's a link to the storm
I appreciate your point-of-view and perspective. The one thing I note is that automation hasn't ever had the potential to be so disruptive as it has now. Self-driving electric vehicles has the potential to nearly eliminate the need for truck, bus, and taxi drivers. The gas station and auto parts stores will be drastically changed or disappear. On the other hand, I'll consider steam engines took decades to displace sailing ships so all those sailors had time to retire or find other work, and the switchover to electric self-driving vehicles won't happen overnight either allowing for the disruption to be absorbed into society.I lived in Winter Springs (the Ranchlands) for 10 years or so. We moved out to Polk county because we couldn't afford acreage in Seminole and my wife wanted horses. That move gave me a one-way commute of about 1.5 hours. It's not unusual to accept a long drive to afford the house one wants. (And those people driving to Disney from Ocala might want to take a look or two in Polk county.)
But that's rather beside the point, which was that a median-income person (~$60k per the census data I posted) can probably afford housing. There will always be a bottom tier of the economic spectrum that can't afford a house on their own, so they end up with a roommate or renting an apartment or living in a mobile home or some other alternative.
And by and large, most people don't remain in that bottom tier for the rest of their lives. Most people find ways to learn, grow, advance, and get a progression of better and better jobs. Sure, there are those who don't, but the ones who can't are fairly uncommon. (And I have a Downs daughter in that "can't" category, so don't think I'm unsympathetic.)
But even that isn't the larger point, which is that AI and automation aren't going to destroy the world. Technology advancements always seem to come with these world-ending proclamations of impending doom which don't come to pass.
And I doubt my present job of "retiree" can be done by a robot as well as I can do it....
