web01.fireside.fm Fri, 01 May 2026 10:29:26 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Not There Yet - Episodes Tagged with “Autonomous Cars” https://www.ntyessays.com/tags/autonomous%20cars Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:00:00 -0600 The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. en-us episodic Eclectic essays podcasted from the third decade of the 21st century. Terence C. Gannon The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. no Terence C. Gannon ntyessays@intellog.com Self-Driving Cars: Have We Completely Lost Our Minds? https://www.ntyessays.com/005-self-driving-cars-have-we-completely-lost-our-minds c5a3f0fe-dda7-4eb1-92ac-38356f0588e0 Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:00:00 -0600 Terence C. Gannon full Terence C. Gannon As intriguing as the new autonomous car technology seems, I fear we may be getting ahead of ourselves. Engineers working on this technology need to get out here, in the combat zone, for strong, black cup of reality. 10:28 no Imagine for a moment you get to the airport, boarding pass in hand and you line up at the gate ready to board your flight. You do the March of the Penguins down the centre aisle, find your row, take your seat, buckle up and don’t pay attention to the safety announcements. As usual. But at the end of all of that, the flight attendant comes on the PA, and says... <div>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*</div> Listen, above, or read the essay instead (http://www.ntyessays.com/articles/005-self-driving-cars-have-we-completely-lost-our-minds). Imagine for a moment you get to the airport, boarding pass in hand and you line up at the gate ready to board your flight. You do the March of the Penguins down the centre aisle, find your row, take your seat, buckle up and don’t pay attention to the safety announcements. As usual. But at the end of all of that, the flight attendant comes on the PA, and says...

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