Self driving cars are one of the things where we absolutely cannot afford to do ...

mtgx · on March 19, 2018

The last time I heard this, the first thing that came to my mind was "I sure hope Facebook isn't going into self-driving cars."

And then I learned Facebook is going into self-driving cars.

Sigh.

cdolan · on March 19, 2018

Devil's Advocate argument here, but have you read books on our space race in the 60s? Should NASA have been bankrupted by penalties and lawsuits when Apollo 1 had its accident?

azdle · on March 19, 2018

If they were dropping rockets on people standing on street corners. Yes, 100%. Your example is different because it was deaths of people involved in the projects who knew there were risks and agreed to them.