Amidst all the front-page 737 Max coverage, glad to see Axios note that the US takes aviation safety extremely seriously while basically letting carmakers design whatever they like.
@davidzipper That is exactly why we don't have "flying cars" now, why we should never have "flying cars" and why we shouldn't even have non-flying cars.
I can imagine folks wholesale abandoning air travel if it caused 10,000s of deaths per year.
But then again, prior to Covid, I wouldn’t have thought we would have the stomach of 100s to 1000s of deaths per day while carrying on ‘business as usual’.
It reminds me of that cartoon in a boiling pot hopping out when tossed in boiling water,
But lounging when put in the water when it is cool— then remaining as it is brought to a boil.
@atthenius@davidzipper American obsession with personal responsibility / delusions about one's own abilities. People think other drivers are the danger and think police are the answer, can't see the systemic risks.
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