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minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·7 months agoSelf-driving cars are probably 100x the cost of better transit as well, guess what we chose?
minus-squarenehal3m@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·7 months agoYeah. We’d rather create consciousness to drive for us than put down some fucking rail.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 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-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoChasing self driving cars that are still 10 years out while still not doing public transit!
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 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.