Re: [MacGroup] What do you think?

[tom holloman]

Let is know when it’s on amazon or Netflix!
Tom

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> On Nov 19, 2018, at 8:43 AM, John Robinson  wrote:
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> Oh Jonathan, you’ll be the first to adapt!  
> 
> John
> 
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>> On Nov 19, 2018, at 1:06 PM, Jonathan Fletcher  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> You just spelled out the plot for a horror movie coming soon: "Killmower In 
>> 3D"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 19, 2018, at 12:28 PM, John Robinson  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Excellent, and yes, we will adjust…I can’t wait for self driving mowers 
>>> that are larger than a shoebox, that will spell RELIEF!
>> 
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[John Robinson]

Oh Jonathan, you’ll be the first to adapt!  

John

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> On Nov 19, 2018, at 1:06 PM, Jonathan Fletcher  wrote:
> 
> You just spelled out the plot for a horror movie coming soon: "Killmower In 
> 3D"
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 19, 2018, at 12:28 PM, John Robinson  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Excellent, and yes, we will adjust…I can’t wait for self driving mowers that 
>> are larger than a shoebox, that will spell RELIEF!
> 
> --
> Jonathan Fletcher
> Workplace Innovation Facilitator
> jonat...@fletcherdata.com
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Re: [MacGroup] What do you think?

[Jonathan Fletcher]

You just spelled out the plot for a horror movie coming soon: "Killmower In 3D"



> On Nov 19, 2018, at 12:28 PM, John Robinson  > wrote:
> 
> Excellent, and yes, we will adjust…I can’t wait for self driving mowers that 
> are larger than a shoebox, that will spell RELIEF!

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Re: [MacGroup] What do you think?

[Lee Larson]

On Nov 19, 2018, at 11:19 AM, John Robinson mailto:profilecoven...@icloud.com>> wrote:

> The large disrupter is going to be where in the world will these folks work 
> in 20 years?  Society has to solve this huge issue….if I was still living 
> where would I be working!!


There will be disruption, but society will adjust. It’s happened before.

Read about the Luddites in early nineteenth century England. It’s clear now 
they were on the wrong side of history because the mechanization they were 
fighting actually expanded their industry and created more jobs than it 
destroyed.

How about the societal adjustments at the turn of the twentieth century? The 
industrialization and automation killed child labor and reduced the work week 
from 60+ hours down to 40.

Automation in agriculture in the mid twentieth century has made the small-time 
farmer extinct, but has fed billions. (And here’s a place where they’re already 
using self-driving machinery to plow fields and plant crops.)

A Nobel prize winner wrote:

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’.

L^2

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[John Robinson]

I agree completely Lee, my daughter-in-law works for a large over the road 
trucking company.  She works tirelessly to hire drivers, can’t get them.  Last 
year the industry was short 18,000 drivers.  This problem can be solved.

Our world is going to change, my wife is furious with me for suggesting such, 
saying it will never happen, but then again she wants to use a rotary dial 
phone.

The large disrupter is going to be where in the world will these folks work in 
20 years?  Society has to solve this huge issue….if I was still living where 
would I be working!!


John


> On Nov 19, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
> On Nov 18, 2018, at 7:15 PM, John Robinson  > wrote:
> 
>> This is a topic I threw out a few weeks ago, now a more definitive line in 
>> the sand seems plausible..
> 
> 
> I have a several thoughts:
> 
> •  If I were a young long-haul trucker, I’d be thinking about my next career. 
> It won’t be long before those 18-wheelers on the interstate lack a human 
> driver. The trucking companies will jump on this because they can keep their 
> trucks rolling around the clock instead of being limited by the number of 
> hours a driver is permitted to work. Most of these trucks run the same easy 
> routes over and over again. Computers were invented for this.
> 
> •  How about city buses and garbage trucks. They have fixed routes with 
> well-defined stops. It seems like a good fit for a computer.
> 
> •  When I travel, I always try to take Uber or Lyft instead of regular taxis. 
> Better service. Better prices. For example, we were in Las Vegas last month 
> and took a taxi to our hotel when we arrived—$34. When we left, we took Uber 
> from the hotel to the airport—$19 and the car was clean. If the taxi 
> companies hadn’t been wedded to grampa’s technology ten years ago, they’d own 
> Uber's business instead of being the walking dead. Uber isn’t going to make 
> the same mistake.
> 
> •  Before it becomes ubiquitous on the roads, some things will have to 
> change. Traffic signs and signals will be made more computer-friendly. 
> Perhaps little radio transmitters will be embedded to make sure the computer 
> understands complicated intersections and can see them in bad weather. In 
> high-traffic areas, special lanes, like today’s commuter lanes, will be 
> installed. In the beginning, there may be special routes with enhancements to 
> assist the computers.
> 
> •  Ownership of cars in the USA is definitely going to decrease. I can see 
> this with my own children. Mu daughter lives in Minneapolis and mostly gets 
> around by mass transit. She’ll often go weeks without driving. My son has a 
> car out of necessity because mass transit in Louisville is so spotty. But, he 
> was in no hurry to drive and didn’t even bother to get a driver’s license 
> until he was 18, and only then because he needed an ID.
> 
> •  The same technology is going to be present in lots of places. Most of the 
> big airplanes are already flown mostly by computer, with pilots watching. It 
> can’t be long before the pilot is on the ground monitoring a half-dozen 
> planes. On top of that, there’s a big shortage of airline pilots. How long 
> until UPS starts hauling their cargo with robots? I think it’ll be a while 
> before the general public will accept this with airliners. When will Papa 
> John’s start using self-driving delivery vehicles or drones. Amazon is 
> already working on using drones for local deliveries.
> 
> L^2
> 
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> being in league with the devil, they may deceive errant souls into making 
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[Lee Larson]

On Nov 18, 2018, at 7:15 PM, John Robinson mailto:profilecoven...@me.com>> wrote:

> This is a topic I threw out a few weeks ago, now a more definitive line in 
> the sand seems plausible..


I have a several thoughts:

•  If I were a young long-haul trucker, I’d be thinking about my next career. 
It won’t be long before those 18-wheelers on the interstate lack a human 
driver. The trucking companies will jump on this because they can keep their 
trucks rolling around the clock instead of being limited by the number of hours 
a driver is permitted to work. Most of these trucks run the same easy routes 
over and over again. Computers were invented for this.

•  How about city buses and garbage trucks. They have fixed routes with 
well-defined stops. It seems like a good fit for a computer.

•  When I travel, I always try to take Uber or Lyft instead of regular taxis. 
Better service. Better prices. For example, we were in Las Vegas last month and 
took a taxi to our hotel when we arrived—$34. When we left, we took Uber from 
the hotel to the airport—$19 and the car was clean. If the taxi companies 
hadn’t been wedded to grampa’s technology ten years ago, they’d own Uber's 
business instead of being the walking dead. Uber isn’t going to make the same 
mistake.

•  Before it becomes ubiquitous on the roads, some things will have to change. 
Traffic signs and signals will be made more computer-friendly. Perhaps little 
radio transmitters will be embedded to make sure the computer understands 
complicated intersections and can see them in bad weather. In high-traffic 
areas, special lanes, like today’s commuter lanes, will be installed. In the 
beginning, there may be special routes with enhancements to assist the 
computers.

•  Ownership of cars in the USA is definitely going to decrease. I can see this 
with my own children. Mu daughter lives in Minneapolis and mostly gets around 
by mass transit. She’ll often go weeks without driving. My son has a car out of 
necessity because mass transit in Louisville is so spotty. But, he was in no 
hurry to drive and didn’t even bother to get a driver’s license until he was 
18, and only then because he needed an ID.

•  The same technology is going to be present in lots of places. Most of the 
big airplanes are already flown mostly by computer, with pilots watching. It 
can’t be long before the pilot is on the ground monitoring a half-dozen planes. 
On top of that, there’s a big shortage of airline pilots. How long until UPS 
starts hauling their cargo with robots? I think it’ll be a while before the 
general public will accept this with airliners. When will Papa John’s start 
using self-driving delivery vehicles or drones. Amazon is already working on 
using drones for local deliveries.

L^2


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Lee Larson
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‌Thus the good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make 
false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest, being in 
league with the devil, they may deceive errant souls into making common cause. 
— ‌Augustinus, ‌De genesis ad literam, Liber 2, Caput XVII, Nr. 37‌



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