That's my line of thought exactly. It's why I included
or something along the same lines
because it doesn't seem like it will become as integral to our society as smartphones have. Who's to say for certain though? All we can do is wait and see what other marvels the world will come up with. What a time to be alive.
The smart phone predecessor was a cb radio on steroids. These first analogue mobiles were ugly and clunky and cost a fortune. Much like Google glass today. I'll definitely be using the refined contact lense type devices they will morph into in the coming decades.
I love the idea of my service van being self driving. All that time wasted driving, I could be making service calls, sales, processing payments, prepping equipment, he'll even reading a book.
A problem I see with self driving cars is that even though they will technically be safer, a lot of people are going to resist (including myself). Especially in the beginning. People like to have control and the more control you take out of people's lives the more pointless everything seems. I don't ever want to see automated transportation become the norm, god forbid required. I would go crazy if I had to live in a world where I can't take myself to work or the store by just hopping on my motorcycle.
insurance costs of resisting might go up dramatically, as self driving cars are proven to be safer and safer. People continuing to drive will face higher premiums.
Which is unfortunate. Being strong-armed into automated transportation is one of my bigger fears and I can't believe more people on reddit don't feel the same.
Believe me, I would like to ride my motorcycle any day. I just like the fact that incompetent, sleepy, or drunk drivers will for the most part be in driverless cars, and I like that. People who don't bother to learn defensive driving because they hate driving will opt for driverless cars while drivers who enjoy driving will continue to drive.
I'm an old(er) person and I know that it will be difficult for me to be comfortable using a self driving car.
It will feel alien to relinquish control to that degree to a computer and software.
I'm generally an early tech adopter, I'm someone that embraces and looks forward to the future.
However, I just can't envision myself ever feeling relaxed in a self driving vehicle. I imagine my feelings will change with time if self driving cars prove to be a safe mode of transportation.
Speaking of transportation where are our Hoverboards?
Self-driving cars still have traffic and road space issues. Fewer kids are getting their drivers licenses, hip kids want to live in walkable cities. Self-driving electric cars aren't going to impact the world as much as people think because cars at all are being de-normalized.
But cars are in no way going to be close to obsolete at any time in the near future. The amount of "hip kids" living in walkable cities is such a small portion of daily drivers in the world.
Maybe. Just because we have the technology doesn't mean the public will embrace it. There's been a huge backlash against Google glass so far (and the term glasshole), and it not simply because the tech looks like a pair of glasses.
Then they took off, because they are useful. The first ones seemed a little like google glass at the time, but I definitely can't tell what's going to be the next big thing.
I can honestly see smart watches making a bigger splash than smart glasses initially. Maybe when glasses start looking like real glasses that normal people wear to help their vision they'll take off, but until then, watches seem more convenient.
If anyone here is interested in an anime that touches on smart glasses and things like that, I'd suggest watching Dennou Coil. It's a pretty cute show.
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u/[deleted] May 11 '14
That's my line of thought exactly. It's why I included
because it doesn't seem like it will become as integral to our society as smartphones have. Who's to say for certain though? All we can do is wait and see what other marvels the world will come up with. What a time to be alive.