MBlume comments on Is latent Toxoplasmosis worth doing something about? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roystgnr 18 November 2011 04:46:16AM 6 points [-]

Car crashes are still responsible for a million deaths and something like a trillion dollars in damages every year. Reducing the number of people on the road with slowed reaction times would only have to make a very small relative dent in that to have a very large absolute effect.

On the other hand, toxoplasmosis treatment is almost certainly not the low-hanging fruit here - better cultural attitudes and vehicle safety features already make driving much safer in some places than in others, and self-driving cars may make the very concept of driver reaction time moot in a generation.

Comment author: MBlume 18 November 2011 04:55:00AM 3 points [-]

Self-driving cars look like an excellent lever point to increase standard of living and economic productivity. Unfortunately, I strongly suspect they will be regulated out of existence for about a decade after the technology is up to snuff.

Comment author: MattTagg 06 September 2012 08:16:54PM *  2 points [-]

I strongly suspect they will be regulated out of existence for about a decade after the technology is up to snuff.

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

Self-Driving Cars Approved By California Legislature

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/self-driving-cars_n_1845018.html