It’s better to have a few self driving cars that are safer than everyone owning their own car. It’s like getting gas guzzling vehicles off the road: better to replace a humvee with a sedan than a sedan with an electric.

I’ll believe it when I see it. Funding for scientists in Europe is historically bad.

Where do you think the McRib came from?

I wish there was an electric car with manual controls, for under $30k, that didn’t spy on me

I think it’s fair to commit to reducing your purchasing from these large entities significantly. By design, these companies have made it basically impossible to get certain products except from them, so do what you need to do in those cases. But you can get a lot still from alternatives.