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Sebastian's avatar

While not the point of the piece, I do have to note how hilariously common it is for right-wing tech guru innovations to fundamentally break down to "What if train but worse".

Luke Savage's avatar

Haha yes! That is very much a thing. And pairs nicely with that things where ride share app hacks will accidentally reinvent some rudimentary public transit concept like…a bus

Guest's avatar

Except that self-driving truck is not like a train at all, no more than a regular truck is.

And also, it would be better than a train in every way.

Luke Savage's avatar

If it needs a dedicated lane on the highway, which would also mean the mass construction of new infrastructure, and a small team of staff who do oversight, what's the functional difference here?

Guest's avatar

If even that’s true - it would be like the difference between BRT and light rail or subway: very different forms of transit. So many differences.

Luke Savage's avatar

Well okay, but in that case we're talking about a somewhat pedestrian innovation within the context of something that already exists not a promethean Copernican moment that's going to Change Everything. No?

Sera's avatar

I’m not a loyalist in any sense, but eight years is a long time in politics. Eight years ago Julian Assange was in prison, and Jimmy Dore showed Carlson’s why that was wrong.

The point is he willing to change and I don’t believe he tells lies.

“I have spent much time talking to Tucker both in front of a camera and away from one, and never once has he lied to me or misled me.”-Glenn Greenwald

Frank Winstan's avatar

In my world, Glenn Greenwald is not exactly the go-to guy for a character reference.