Fight Club taught me the cost of human life to corporations.
If PredictedLawsuitLosses < CostOfRecall then RecallNotAnnounced
Human life doesn’t factor in at all for them.
dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
They know these things are going to kill people; it’s just inevitable.
Engineers are well aware of there being a cost-benefit analysis for saving human lives. O’Grady from Practical Engineering did a great video explaining how much a human life is worth to engineers.
The purpose of reducing government oversight as much as possible is so that the cost of killing people is as low as possible.
It’s not an on/off switch of government regulation. They know that every additional policy they can shift in their favor will translate to increased profits down the line as people inevitably die from these things.
IllNess@infosec.pub 3 days ago
exasperation@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Human life absolutely factors into predicted lawsuit losses. Wrongful death lawsuits are expensive.
IllNess@infosec.pub 2 days ago
What I meant is they don’t care about people as people.
It’s just a number to them.
If they can profit of millions dying and they know they could get away with it, they would.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
But not expensive enough to stop them killing people through negligence and greed.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is why capitalists align with fascists.
Google, Meta, etc, are all taking the knee, because no regulation lets them slurp up our data. Target is shooting itself in the foot on DEI to appease stupid Mussolini, because a fascist autocrat doesn’t enforce labor protections.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fascism, at its core, is an alignment between government and corporations. Capitalists align with fascism because that’s the entire point of fascism.
theseer@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Damn, must suck living in the US
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I lived there for six-ish years- from 1998 until 2004.
When Americans re-elected GWB, I realized “this place is RAPIDLY becoming a shithole that’s only going to get worse.” I got the hell out as soon as I was able, and every single day since, I’ve been more relieved I left when I did.
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 3 days ago
I’d be down if and when they do better than human drivers. Until then, there’s trains.
peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They hate trains…“THERE IS ONLY TWO GENDERS!”
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 days ago
The problem is, it’s already better than the worst human drivers, it’s just that that’s too low a bar. It’s a looong way away from being better than the best human drivers (think taxi and bus drivers who do it every day, or police who actually go through extra vehicle handling training)
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
I would generally agree with that statement but it seems the spirit of this thread is solidly in opposition. It would be make/model dependent, and Tesla has demonstrated their lack of safety.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 days ago
It would be make/model dependent
I’m specially talking about Tesla’s FSD/Autopilot.
While getting a demo of FSD from a friend, their Model 3 correctly stopped at a red light, and 30 seconds later a car ran right through it in the next lane over. That’s how low the bar is for “worst human driver”. Tbh, that human shouldn’t have been on the road if they’re driving past stopped cars through a red light.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
On the bright side, maybe this is building up to a “owner of the Segway company”-type ending?
Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Some of you may die~
But it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.