Will self driving cars only be accessible to the wealthy?
No. They’ll be available to everybody because their main advantage is use in shared mobility fleets like Uber but without drivers. These mobility fleets will probably start off at about the same price as Uber which already undercuts conventional taxi fleets but over time the price will fall.There are a lot of features of cities that have been built up because vehicles can’t drive themselves. We’re used to driving someplace and needing to park and leave the car. Most cars spend most of their time sitting around taking up space. With self driving cars, many fewer cars taking up much less space can provide better service at lower cost.Wealthy people might still choose to own cars, but there won’t be much advantage to it. Why own a bunch of vehicles and have to store them and take care of them when you can just order up whatever vehicle you want when you want it without any need for that?Sometimes it’s useful to have a pickup truck, sometimes an SUV, sometimes a small car is all you need. It’s cheaper and easier to just summon them as needed with an app than have a six car garage full of vehicles.
How will rich people with self-driving cars (i.e. no human driver) react when all traffic fatalities are caused by poor people driving old cars?
Self driving cars are extremely prone to being hacked remotely and if used on a widespread basis it will become an easy way for people to take people hostage from the comfort of their continent and even in their jammies.If a millionaire is more likely to be taken hostage because she can make a bigger ransome payment, the millionaire will be less likely to continue using self driving cars subjected to computer security vulnerabilities in the future.I believe people in all vehicles will not want to be unsafe and are equally outraged at crashes. It's basic human nature to want to stay safe and upsetting to witness an accident.I do not think economics will be a major determining factor for who does or does not drive with human intelligence.If self driving cars are being made to flood the roads with cheap cars, the price to ride in one will be subsidized by billionaire corporations and economics will likely not affect whether people choose them or not because the pre-owned car market would simultaneously have more selection for less money than today.The basic safety that comes with human driving and convenience of owning a personal car is a luxury as it is, that would likely continue before it goes in the opposite direction.Time might tell but then again the companies making them have an airbag recall to deal with and struggle with making a safe car so when utilizing human intelligence. The people calling them safer cars started calling them that before they were ever made.The marketing around them is a product of the billions of dollars investors spend on the technology. Calling a product that hasn't been created “safer” is foolish at best.
Does Everyone Really Come to America for Health Care?
I'm not trying to antagonize anyone, I'm just asking a simple question. I have heard people say that health care in America is so good that everyone comes here for treatment. If that's true, then why is it that "everyone" appears to be defined by those with a lot of money. Do Swiss dishwashers come to the U.S. for cancer treatments and do Japanese bus drivers come here for open-heart surgery? If not, that would not imply "everybody." Also, if we're the best, how do we explain the medical tourism that thousands of Americans undertake each year to get quality treatment at a low cost in Thailand and India?
Do rich kids tend to study arts/humanities or engineering/sciences?
There seems to be greater odds of a kid from a wealthy family would major in a liberal art compared to the odds that a kid from a middle class or working class family. The below graphic was generated from data from a study that looked at the household income of students pursuing various majors.(credit: Rich Kids Major in English)I want to point out, this does not mean that children from wealthy families are more likely to choose art than engineering, it’s more that when you look at the people who major in engineering versus history that you’re going to have better odds of finding somebody rich in a classroom of history students than you will in an engineering classroom.In all likelihood, more children from any demographic are majoring in the liberal arts compared to engineering since engineering is simply an uncommon major (the below data is a little old, but not irrelevant).(credit: Trends in Bachelor's Degrees Awarded from 1970 to 2011 - Emsi)So, ultimately, rich kids are more likely to major in the humanities than engineering, simply because this is true for all demographics. In addition, rich kids are more likely to major in the humanities than the general population.
What is the difference between political strength and just the rich bullying the poor?
The system is inherently unfair. Look at just one simple example. The woman who gets a speeding ticket driving home from work can either pay a lawyer 250.00 or she can try to cop a plea herself and pay the court and most likely end up with a point or two on her licence...which in the long run is a premium... because the Insurance company will up their rate. Now... If this woman is just getting by making 32k a year.. this will seriously upset her very tight living expenses.. Conversely if she's an exec or earning exec pay... the 250.00 is a drop in the bucket and she doesn't think twice... simple example, but an accurate one. The system is set to extract maximum grief from the lower ranks. Thats how the Monopoly mentality works. At the end of the game one guy owns everything and the rest of the players now are either in his jail, or paying him rent at a house or business.... Thus Americans are finding themselves in the cross-hairs once again.. If the right is successful and they may be.. we can start looking at the end of programs like Public education and minimum wage... then we can really move into our Orwellian Abyss..
Why does people hate me for saying I don't have a driver's license?
You can't be refused from getting a drivers license because you don't have a car. You don't even need to own your own car. As long as you have a vehicle to take the drivers test that's all that matters. Either you have been misinformed or you don't have the necessary papers to get your license. Did you pass the the written test and pass? If you did then you are allowed to drive if you have another person with a license the care. I guess there is some kind of probationary time (it's been a long time since I received my license) and some of the rules have changed. I think this is the only rule that has changed. You are an adult and you don't need permission from are parents to pursue you getting a drivers license unless there is some kind of underlining cause that they won't let you get a drivers license. I don't know if you have to have private drivers tests or not. Like I said it's been a long time since I obtained my drivers license. I didn't own a car when I took written test and moved on to drivers test. Bother sister and I used our fathers car to take the drivers test and we did this on the same day. Might need an appointment for day of drivers test. I don't know, can't remembers. Trust me, you are not alone with some one who doesn't have a drivers license. There are many people who don't even want a drivers license. Do you have insurance for any car? Many states require you have insurance. It this the reason, because I can't think of any other reason, unless you were told for some reason you can't obtain a drivers license. I don't know how else I can help with this. Don't give up, keep pushing forward.
1. What impact did Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller have on the American economy in the last 1800s?
1A.They established and dominated the new steel and oil industries. 2C. Their owners formed corporations, oversaw complex processes, and sold huge amounts of stocks and bonds. 3C. complete control of a commodity, business, or product 4. light bulbThomas Edison 5C. They created problems, increased pollution, and made life harder. 6C. controlling all the steps in production and limiting transportation distances 7B. J.P. Morgan 8B. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 9c 10C. A wealthy industrialist donates money to develop an institute for medical research. 11A. Andrew Carnegie