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  • Kephalithos@Kephalithos

    Rob is absolutely right: Self-driving cars, by their very nature, exclude the possibility of spontaneity. And this makes them dangerous.

    Assuming Cooke isn't overreacting (and I don't think he is), self-driving cars will threaten one of the most fundamental of freedoms -- the ability to move around.

  • Kephalithos@Kephalithos

    And James, by the way, is right about the appeal of suburban and rural life.

    Cities are claustrophobic. Cities create their own peculiar form of provincialism. Cities are filled with homeless people, pickpockets, posterboard-wielding madmen, and, worst of all, strangers. Cities are massive, imposing, and overwhelming. It's bloody difficult to leave a city (particularly during rush hour), should (gasp!) one happen to take an interest in what lies beyond the urban fringe.

    Are all these things prices worth paying for the uniquely "human" experience cities offer? Perhaps. But not all of us want to accept the trade-off.

  • Annefy@Annefy

    That podcast felt oddly personal.

    The last time I took the train, I went to So Pasadena to have breakfast ... with a friend of Rob's. (college classmate of my husband)

    And I'm listening not while doing my side hustle; instead from my part time job ... in a mortgage office.

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