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

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 a year 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.

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nradov a year 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.

	▲	MichaelZuo a year ago \| parent [-]
		How can they be aware of something so high up it appears smaller than the average pigeon?

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eru a year ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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samatman a year ago | parent | prev [-]

I, too, imagine a person in my head, and then immediately wish that they die in a terrible accident, possibly taking innocent lives in the process, because I decided I don't like the imaginary person I just created. In my head.