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An Uber self-driving car, one of which killed a woman in Arizona on Sunday, March 18. Motor-vehicle related deaths per million vehicle miles driven have plummeted, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  DLLU/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY-SA 4.0

Self-driving vehicles are a window to the future

Andrew Goldstein March 28, 2018
As with all new technologies, the regulations regarding self-driving cars aren’t where they should be yet.
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Robots unloading float glass. A 2017 report from the McKinsey Global Institute think tank predicts that by 2030, up to 800 million people will lose their jobs to a machine. ICAPLANTS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY-SA 3.0

We can educate around automation

Mike Adams March 26, 2018
If computers can do my job or your job badly now, will they do it better than us before we can retire? Will the skill sets we acquire in college even be relevant in a decade?
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