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minus-square@aestheletelink43•7 months agoSelf-driving cars are probably 100x the cost of better transit as well, guess what we chose?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink22•7 months agoYeah. We’d rather create consciousness to drive for us than put down some fucking rail.
minus-square@Gradually_AdjustinglinkEnglish15•7 months ago“Costs more” is just another way to say “makes somebody more money”. Wait. Strike that. Reverse it. This is just capitalism functioning as intended.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•7 months agoChasing self driving cars that are still 10 years out while still not doing public transit!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•7 months agoThis might be the new thing that’s always 10 years away.
Self-driving cars are probably 100x the cost of better transit as well, guess what we chose?
Yeah. We’d rather create consciousness to drive for us than put down some fucking rail.
“Costs more” is just another way to say “makes somebody more money”.
Wait. Strike that. Reverse it. This is just capitalism functioning as intended.
Chasing self driving cars that are still 10 years out while still not doing public transit!
This might be the new thing that’s always 10 years away.