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Re:Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars by jokermatt999 on Thursday June 23, 2011 @03:21PM (#2689414)
Parkinson's Law says this is unlikely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law

It would be nice, but I can't see it happening, unfortunately. Too much of our society would need restructuring, and there are those that would fight tooth and nail against that.

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Re:Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars by Skalman on Thursday June 23, 2011 @03:40PM (#2689504)
I sure hope that there will be a jump at some point allowing life quality to increase, and not bureaucracies, as Parkinson's Law seems to suggest (life quality hasn't improved during the last 30 years in the developed world, referring to general happiness and well-being). I am optimistic that brave politicians will make the necessary changes at some point - the world is too rapidly-transforming for huge changes in our lives not to happen.
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Re:Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars by stcredzero on Thursday June 23, 2011 @04:48PM (#2689812)
There is no fundamental law prohibiting this rapid change from being accompanied by widespread death and destruction.
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