[atmosx]

Sad to see the taxi drivers. What they don’t understand is that soon they will be obsolete. As many other groups. IT startups are extremely disruptive and changes like these are hard to stop. With Google driverless cars around, it’s safe to say that in 30 years no one will need a driver. Uber and competitors could just buy driverless, extra-comfortable cars and get over with.

The problem is, what do you do with thousands of people working today as cabbies? Or you don’t give a shit about a large % of the population not having an income (and thus not being a consumer).

[vdaniuk]

Who is that "you" that is supposedly don't give a shit?

What's even more important, the tech disruption is coming to the vast range of industries and many jobs will be obsolete much sooner than most expect.

[atmosx]

Sorry, might have made it clear. By 'you' I was referring to governments. What do you do as a government.

[vdaniuk]

Cab drivers is just one small segment. That is a very good point to consider and even we, as a collective hivemind, on the HN don't pay enough attention to the problem of extreme rate at which jobs will diminish in the future. Start-ups won't solve that.

If we don't find a scalable, sustainable, viral business model to disrupt capitalism and focus on positive externalities humanity may be heading for a disaster and this one won't be a surprise.

[archagon]

30 years?! Good luck with that. Manual cars will be around for a long, long time.

[atmosx]

Sure, F1 cars won't drive alone and I will always be eager to get the breeze on my back when riding my car.

But driverless cars will be available for usage in 10 years from now IMHO. Then what everyone would ask is why pay a cab driver?

[collyw]

I give as much of a shit about London cab drivers as when they refused to take me for their stuck up their arse reasons.