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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by cjohnson318 on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:46AM (#27853109)
I don't know either. We made giant steps in the 20th C, but I feel like we're seeing diminishing returns now. From 1950 to 1970 cars advanced a lot, but from 2000 to 2020, they're still largely the same. (Sure, there's Teslas with highway autonomy, and some systems can handle an on-ramp, but "Mexico City" autonomy seems really far off.) Unless someone breaks Moore's Law, figures out general quantum computing or general AI, I think the next 30 years are going to look a lot like the last 10, but with more hurricanes and global migration.
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by choeger on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:05AM (#27853704)
I think everyone has said this in every decade of the last century.
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by vmladenov on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:31AM (#27853818)
It’s also not true. Cars are currently undergoing the single largest revolution since they were invented: electrification. Designs that people have been optimizing over a century are suddenly obviated and new challenges are taking their place.
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by ericmay on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:49AM (#27855297)
True but the usage of cars themselves is the main problem. Electrification of cars helps, certainly, but we should be walking and biking, not driving. They’re more efficient, but we are still just using expensive energy to power them when we could just build better and not need them. Calories are cheaper than watts.
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by spiralx on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:47AM (#27854234)
There are massive advances in subjects like materials and biotechnology happening now, they're just not big and flashy despite being at least as game-changing as any other major advance over the last century.
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