There will now be huge driverless trucks on the road in California, Gavin Newsom having vetoed a bipartisan bill that would require a trucker’s presence. 1/3
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I don’t know what to be more horrified by, what this does to truckers who will lose their jobs or what this does to safety. 2/3

Sep 26, 2023 · 12:01 PM UTC

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Beware (and resist) the economic forces that make the needs of human beings the least important thing. 3/3
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apnews.com/article/californi…

California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor

California's Democratic governor has vetoed a bill that would have required human drivers to be on board self-driving trucks.

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Keep going. You're so close to understanding the *need* for UBI.
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It gets them to go into a different field, to the first part. Tight labor markets are good for this reason (among many others.) I've heard that driverless vehicles are safer than vehicles with human drivers, though. Is that not true?
Replying to @marwilliamson
There is a national labor shortage. Elimination of unskilled jobs frees up a workforce for more skilled and higher paying jobs.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Sometimes I wonder if people understand how inevitable this all is at this point. So maybe support ways to create meaningful employment that doesn't require menial labor?
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You are aware the way trucking is done right now is unsafe right? Surely you are aware of this?
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Don't be horrified by the advancement of technology, be horrified by an economic system that forces people to waste their lives doing something that could be automated.
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