John reflects upon an excellent point Matthew Inman​ made about Google's self-driving car, and the implications of...

John reflects upon an excellent point Matthew Inman​ made about Google's self-driving car, and the implications of not thinking beyond yourself.



Originally shared by John Samuel

Privilege is... not seeing the advantages of technology to others

Courtesy of Grumpy Rumblings I found this page on The Oatmeal about Google’s Self Driving Cars. Go read it, especially point 5, I’ll be here when you get back. Back? Good.
http://piratesobg.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/privilege-is-not-seeing-the-advantages-of-technology-to-others

Comments

  1. Stephen Gunnell6 January 2015 at 13:15

    I can think of Google glass for the face blind. Killer technology that they aren't going to be able to use because of blind unreasoning hatred.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Rob Masters6 January 2015 at 13:26

    Yep ... that was an application that occurred immediately to +Alicia Smith
    <****@**>​ and I.

    ReplyDelete

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