Valid points. But the personal vehicle is built into society. “Personal vehicles” don’t even need to be personal for people to count them as such. All police cars are built on a personal vehicle chassis.

All cabs, Ubers, & Lyfts are personal vehicles.

In rural areas over half of destinations are entirely unreachable by anything other than personal vehicles. Lots of highways don’t allow bikes on them.

These facts being overlooked are why conservatives HATE it when liberals say “just take a bike”

I’ve been a cyclist since I could ride, and I ride whenever I can. Personal cars can’t ever be replaced unless we have robot Rideshares that just make personal ownership financially stupid for most

There will always be dentist dad on a $10,000 bike in tights, but he drives his Range Rover everywhere else, and always will. Bikes lanes aren’t bad where they will fit, but a lot of the pushback is because in a city they slow traffic and remove parking. And in Canada, people only use them 6-7 months of the year

It’s been pretty bad in toronto lately…

Also, a bike isn’t public transport

Lots of people don’t want your alternatives. It’s not happening.

*done having to work

More business is more money. More equity generated. The only issue will be the rich hoarding it. Same as the only issue with tech will be people using it for evil instead of good

GTX 690 was 1300 10 years ago (adjusted for inflation)

It’s now 130. That’s 10% of original cost.

The GTX 690 was $1000 in 2012, and in todays dollars that’s $1300.

It’s $130 now on eBay. That’s 10% of original cost.

My point stands.

I thought it was really well done, but art is subjective.

And that card is barely 8 years old.

A 10 year old card is $75 on eBay. I was close.

So what’s your opinion of arcane?

Organizations like SETI have been doing cloud based data processing for decades, so it’s a great idea that works.

Trickle down economics are a real thing when it comes to tech. A 10 year old 3 thousand dollar video card is worth what now? Fifty bucks? Let the bleeding edge pay for the R&D. They’ll pay top dollar, and I’ll get it at a discount in 2-3 years. Tech ALWAYS has come down in price. Eventually, absolutely anyone can afford it.

Elaborate.

You know you’re not answering my question though.

Who is GIVING out these places to live?

We can’t go back to a barter and trade economy. How are you going to pay for your internet? Do a 6 hour shift driving AT&T’s truck for them?

We don’t live in a village with a blacksmith and baker. Todays society can’t ever function without currency

“Give everyone a place to live” -your words

WHO is giving out these places to live?

You just said “give everyone a place to live” like there’s some house printer that can make extras.

Who exactly are you suggesting will be giving the houses, and who will pay for it?

Because they’re not capable of building housing and rigging it up to code.

If you want a society of self sufficient non specialists, you get Mennonites.

If you want to live in a mid-high density building in a city, you need concrete engineers, crane operators, plumbers, electricians and about 40 other professions. Their time isn’t free.

Even building a house requires permits, and the land to build it on. Technically you could learn it all yourself and it’s fine if it’s to code, but you’re looking at 200k minimum in property and materials just in the middle of nowhere.

The people consuming it.

But who builds the place, who grows the food? Who pays for all of it?

There aren’t that many of those jobs, and they’re often just a form of compensation to some CEO higher up. “I’ll do extra stuff if you give my nephew a job here”

I wouldn’t call you lazy at all. That’s the whole point of UBI. And under a basic level of conditions, I think it’s a great idea. In practise, the COVID benefits were exploited and millions was defrauded to people that were already millionaires.

It’s a great idea, but in practise it works horribly. So many people cheat. Personally I think that’s why Russia is full of remorseless cheaters. They come from a system where the only way to get enough is be corrupt.

Technology absolutely will improve all our lives as a whole. Even if I stand to be negatively impacted, I’m certain that it’s a net benefit to humanity.

I just feel the need to counter the pushback against creative destruction and the stifling of progress for petty material reasons. I also think most fears are overblown and misplaced.

Same as Y2K. Overblown worry that cost more in panic than it did in inconvenience