When I was a kid, seven people died from poisoned Tylenol, and that was enough to prompt regulation overhauls and widespread changes in product packaging to prevent further deaths. Seven.
Not sure why seeing this article about people killed by driverless cars reminded me of that, but there you go.
recall that Tesla was caught automatically disengaging automation one second before impact so they could pretend half-cooked automation wasn't at fault, so the idea that we even have an accurate count of fatalities is preposterous
When I was a kid, seven people died from poisoned Tylenol, and that was enough to prompt regulation overhauls and widespread changes in product packaging to prevent further deaths. Seven.
Not sure why seeing this article about people killed by driverless cars reminded me of that, but there you go.
“Welcome to the 2024 tech showcase! We’ve got the plagiarism machine, a car that doesn’t work, and fake money to scam people with. If you’re looking for an update to our ‘find things you want on the internet’ product line, I’m afraid we had to cannibalize it for the plagiarism machine.”
February 13, 2024 at 5:40 PM
“Welcome to the 2024 tech showcase! We’ve got the plagiarism machine, a car that doesn’t work, and fake money to scam people with. If you’re looking for an update to our ‘find things you want on the internet’ product line, I’m afraid we had to cannibalize it for the plagiarism machine.”
In a capitalist society anything that improves human welfare is going to end up propping up capitalism because that's what people do with their time. The measles vaccine "propped up capitalism" because it allowed more people to survive to working age but it also kept a lot of kids from dying!
February 13, 2024 at 5:39 PM
I favor propping up capitalism with robust public services and an egalitarian redistributive welfare state.