Tech improvements in cars is wonderful. But please be cautious when giving away your safety to a machine. Please.
Giving tasks to technology has made our lives easier. My phone now adjusts for daylight savings time automatically, without me having to think about it—such a simple but helpful thing.
Car blind spot warnings and automatic rearview mirror dimmers also boost my driving awareness and vision.
But here’s the thing: our brains are incredibly efficient. Our brains love to cut corners, conserve energy, and find the quickest way to reach a goal. And sometimes, this leads to bad habits, like stopping my blind spot checks because I rely on the car’s beeper.
However, it’s important to realize that when you give up total control and awareness to a computer, computers fail. And when they do, so do you. Just look at the Tesla crashes to see that machines are far from perfect.
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