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Kuinox 9 hours ago

Catastrophical failure would be way worse.

Flying is less energy efficient. You need to find cheaper and clean energy source.

You need to find a tech that allow to fly quietly.

Forcing to make people walk more is better for the society as a whole.

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mikro2nd 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm forced to disagree. Catastrophic failure would be a feature not a bug. "Natural selection against stupidity."

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vel0city 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Having my children die because someone's poorly maintained octocopter broke down and flew into the side of my home isn't "natural selection against stupidity".

It's like you think the only victims of drunk drivers are the drunks themselves.

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Kuinox 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Worse" was not for people in the vehicle but the people below. After car forced us to be aware of our surrounding when walking, flying car would force us to be aware of the sky too.

	▲	nradov 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Humans have always needed to be aware of their surroundings. Plenty of pedestrians were hit by horse-drawn vehicles before cars were even invented.

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eru 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Alas, that doesn't really work, if catastrophic failure also harms innocent bystanders.