Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco
by HWR_14 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @12:53AM
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I think you have experts and politicians confused.
> The "experts" also thought if Vietnam went communist the whole continent would.
The domino theory was advocated by politicians, not experts.
> The "experts" gave us the war on drugs.
Nixon gave us the war on drugs as an excuse to be racist towards black people and let cops beat up hippies.
Experts have derided the war on drugs (as opposed to treatment for addicts) and the classification of weed as schedule 1.
> The fatherless black household [wasn't] stereotypes until the "experts" tried to help minorities.
The stereotype preceded the experts, but yeah, Moynihan fucked up there.
> How many lives are you willing to ruin and how much blood are you willing to spill getting things wrong?
I mean, a not insignificant number. The US has 350 million people. Any decision at that scale is likely to fuck over a lot of people, whether that's allowing any company to put out a self-driving car or changing fuel efficiency levels.
> The power of the state shouldn't be thrown around on a whim or subject to subject specific industry fads and circle jerks.
On the contrary, I'm advocating the power of the state to take action against industry fads faster than the public notices the issues. Such as using governmental power to limit invasive tracking of internet activity.
> The "experts" also thought if Vietnam went communist the whole continent would.
The domino theory was advocated by politicians, not experts.
> The "experts" gave us the war on drugs.
Nixon gave us the war on drugs as an excuse to be racist towards black people and let cops beat up hippies. Experts have derided the war on drugs (as opposed to treatment for addicts) and the classification of weed as schedule 1.
> The fatherless black household [wasn't] stereotypes until the "experts" tried to help minorities.
The stereotype preceded the experts, but yeah, Moynihan fucked up there.
> How many lives are you willing to ruin and how much blood are you willing to spill getting things wrong?
I mean, a not insignificant number. The US has 350 million people. Any decision at that scale is likely to fuck over a lot of people, whether that's allowing any company to put out a self-driving car or changing fuel efficiency levels.
> The power of the state shouldn't be thrown around on a whim or subject to subject specific industry fads and circle jerks.
On the contrary, I'm advocating the power of the state to take action against industry fads faster than the public notices the issues. Such as using governmental power to limit invasive tracking of internet activity.