The Jetsons did come to mind when I first read about the
ready for market flying cars,Spur.P .
Now, Considering the second amendment,a living constitution interpretation of our right to bear,should
carplane models offer extras like,electromagnetic railguns and lasers etc.?
PS What did Jerry do to warrant a fifty year sentence?
-please elaborate-
Would you also sentence AH-Node?

Yes I do and agree with you to a large extent.
From my immediate local perspective living where
many roads need expensive repairs and where the parcels are large and zoned Agriculture Exclusive/Timber Production/Habitat Preserve,
flying cars could be a high tech and ecological efficiency with taxpayer cost savings.
‘Self-flying car’ concept was hyperbole/satire.
Logs may still be transported more efficiently by
road.
Flying cars might find a market here in Nor-Cal.
Thank you for requesting clarification!
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You don’t see a downside to all of this gratuitous technology?

Yes,Yes,Standing fast……praise Allah!
Pedestrian walkways must be incorporated into all
existing super highways and county roads.

“Self-flying cars” is it now?The problem with this, and other discussions about the wonders of the latest technology, is that advocates of the innovation are always willfully myopic. All they talk about is what they want us to see. The real world doesn’t really exist for them.

And, because they seem to think they are always the smartest person in the room, they constantly dismiss any suggestion that these contraptions can never be made flawless, or that on account of that people will die because of their flaws. Or that the contraption will, as they always do, to create a new set of problems that will have to be dealt with whether we like it or not. Or some other thing that will make life miserable for somebody.

And this is an entirely separate discussion from the problems that might occur from ordinary malfunction of their complex and complicated computerized electronic systems. All of which cannot be anticipated or mitigated before they happen.

But, the thing that really makes no sense to me is that advocates of these science-fiction cartoon-style technologies fail to grasp the obvious: if the day comes when machines do everything human beings do now, human beings will forget how to do things for ourselves. We will become incapable of taking care of ourselves and one another.

And in that day, we will lose the last shred of our dignity, which is about the only virtue we have to recommend us in the vast scheme of things.

It is my view that the Universe is an orderly place and that the Laws of Cause and Effect which govern it apply to us, too. More and more, I’m thinking the Power who created the Universe made us for His purposes.

Consequently, I do not think the road to happiness lies in getting machines to do our work and our thinking for us. I think it lies in living according to God’s commandments–which include doing good to our fellow man and taking better care of the planet we call home.

That is what lifts us up, fulfills our need to belong to society, makes life worth living, makes life better for ourselves and others.