Like the Suburbs? You'll Love Driverless Cars.

Everybody seems to be excited about driverless cars. The technology is advancing rapidly, and major companies are racing to bring products to market. There are some lingering worries, of course, about both the ethics and legality of driverless cars, but the benefits are so huge and obvious -- whole hours added to the day, massive reductions in stress, tens of thousands of lives saved every year -- that it will be a big surprise if driverless cars don’t eventually become almost universal.

The advent of driverless cars won’t just save time and lower or eliminate the hassle of driving; it will have a profound impact on the way our society is organized. This is because the technology greatly lowers the cost of moving a human being from one place to another. They do this in several ways. First, they allow work to be done in the car, meaning that the time-cost of travel is reduced. Second, they will reduce stress and risk.
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