XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article   
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    Doc O'Leary  wrote:   
      
   > People do the math, even if somewhat imperfectly.  So, yes, people flock   
   > to the car company that gives them something that better meets their   
   > needs, self-driving or otherwise.  But what history has shown is that   
   > such advances are seldom pushed by the entrenched players.  How the   
   > self-driving car *actually* comes to market is likely going to be a   
   > complex and convoluted story.  We'd all likely be better off just   
   > switching out the highway infrastructure for rails.  :-)   
      
   One counter example is in computers where Apple came out with the   
   iPad, which really cut into the computer business. A family can now   
   get by with one computer and personal iPads perhaps better than having   
   two or three or more computers.   
      
   --   
   Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greed. Me.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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