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Re:GM self-driving tech unit Cruise laying off about 8% of s... by BurningFrog on Thursday May 14, 2020 @08:16PM (#23187408)
> I think this let’s a lot of people push off that moral calculus as something that happens to other, lesser, people

The main person I put at risk when driving fast is me. Others too, sure, but mostly me.

So it's not at all bout killing "other lesser people". People mostly just think some risks are worth the reward.

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Re:GM self-driving tech unit Cruise laying off about 8% of s... by ashtonkem on Thursday May 14, 2020 @08:25PM (#23187483)
Where I am, Los Angeles, that is simply not true. 60% of the people killed here by a car in 2019 weren’t in a car. And that’s not even accounting for drivers who were driving reasonably and were killed by someone who was not.
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