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Originally Posted by DSMHondaGuy
More and more people are gladly shifting responsibility off of themselves and onto tech. and I think it's a very very unwise thing to do.
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This is where I'm conflicted. People are increasingly reliant on technology and less capable when it fails. On the other hand, people are way more productive with their time due to leveraging technology. We could all live as the Amish and be very capable living off the land, but be very ineffective at being creative with all the free time that technology allows.
Vehicles will one day be safe enough to pay no attention at all, and that will allow us to either be more productive with our time, or have more leisure. Arriving at my destination 12hrs later and fully rested sounds like a net benefit to me.
It's certainly silly and arbitrary to say that the right amount of technology is the amount I'm used to now, and emerging technology is the worst. There were curmudgeons that made similar protests when the telephone came out, or radio, or any technology. Sure, some technologies are passing fads that will fade away in short order, but others will pave the way forward into the future.
I'm confident that rearview cameras are the future, and not a passing fad. After being wrong about technology for most of my life, I'm beginning to get good at knowing what has long term potential.