[robertlagrant]

Exactly! In 200 years it'll be "why did they try all that cold fusion creation when you can just go to the dollar store and buy a self-contained gateway to an exploding sun to charge your Tesla for the next 1000 years?"

[mrpopo]

I think the first paradigm change will be "why did they let humans drive cars??"

[Gollapalli]

"safety uber alles" is a sure way for your society to stagnate, at the civilizational level, and a sure way to hate your life at the personal level.

[robertlagrant]

That's quite the non sequitur.