There has never been a good reason for self-driving cars. Highway safety arguments are a sham, made by people who consider themselves born risk-takers. Nobody believes your hand-wringing, bros.

The rational approach to safety is to not have cars at all. Invest in rail and other public transport.

The true motivation for self-driving enthusiasm is the presumption that a self-driving car becomes part of a vast economic entertainment and information system. In other words: it’s about money.

Also I have a suspicion that billionaires are trying to craft a world where they have no need for human servants— since they are a security risk and you can’t even exploit them these days without some kind of Me Too thing getting aired on Twitter.