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by craftinator 1965 days ago
> in the long run FSD will save more lives and Musk should be praised for having the gumption to get the ball rolling.

In the long run, for the historical perspective, this is a very plausible outcome. It's happened before (any major construction projects prior to the 1950's, anything involving Thomas Edison, most large damming projects), where a historical event is tied to a bunch of dead innocents, but history books praise the vision and determination of the ones in charge to not give up just because a few measly blue collars kicked the bucket early.
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Guthur 1965 days ago
Where the difference in both this and the grand parent post is about choice.

If you fear the pandemic and what to lock yourself up in isolation we should as much as possible allow that. And if you want to work on very dangerous projects for better rewards you spud be able to.

With autonomous cars the choice of risk may not be so easy.

Arguing about what real choice you have is overly pedantic and we should rather concentrate on the principles for the right out come.

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watwut 1965 days ago
That reflects of values and focus of those who wrote those pop tech/business history books/articles.

I have seen history books that do reflect "but he also killed some people" or are critical. They are however less popular in some circles.

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