How many people in wheelchairs have been forced to stop and wait for a robot to get out of the way?
Well at least one, that I know of; I read an article about that years ago and it’s the one issue I can actually see where this is a problem. I just don’t buy the logic that we don’t need the bots because we have cars; I don’t want the cars either! Cars unarguably have been way more of a problem for way longer. They kill people. All the time. They’ve corrupted urban planning, have huge carbon footprints, destroyed small businesses, and just plain take up a lot of room…
Actually… I would stand with this woman. I just believe she’s making her point poorly.
She stood in front of a robot and refused to move, but the act of doing so created the image inadvertently proving it’s not in anyone’s way… There’s plenty of people walking around the robot (and her). It unfortunately makes her mindset seem “Boomer” backwards-thinking and anti-technology on principle– rather than doing this out of care for accessibility and walkable spaces for all or “saving the sidewalk”, which by her own admission is not why she did this…
Well she probably could well have done something differently. Namely, probably an entirely different demonstration.
I will level with you for a moment. If I could make a comparison to another cause, I am often sympathetic to the cause of veganism. I am not vegan or vegetarian myself, but I can’t deny they often have a point when they argue the ethics of treating animals like commodities.
There’s the kind of vegan activism where you chain yourself to a truck full of cows ready to be driven to the slaughterhouse; you make a clear point and photos taken of your arrest as you’re dragged away draw attention to the undeniable reality of where your meat is coming from. It might even give a few meat eaters some serious pause; the reality is someone is being arrested so a huge corporation can proceed with a literal slaughter.
And then there’s vegan activism where you march into a fast food restaurant, bother innocent minimum wage workers, and spread fake blood everywhere…
In short, even if this woman had a point, she does just look like a bit of a ninny standing in front of a robot and (presumably) some poor fool is sat wondering where the heck his dinner is.
She literally got herself arrested and drew attention to the fact that you can be arrested for blocking delivery robots. Seems equivalent to chaining yourself to a truck full of cows. She demonstrated robots have more of a right to our sidewalks than we do.
Well at least one, that I know of; I read an article about that years ago and it’s the one issue I can actually see where this is a problem. I just don’t buy the logic that we don’t need the bots because we have cars; I don’t want the cars either! Cars unarguably have been way more of a problem for way longer. They kill people. All the time. They’ve corrupted urban planning, have huge carbon footprints, destroyed small businesses, and just plain take up a lot of room…
I did not say we don’t need the bots because we have cars. I said the bots should be forced to use the street.
As a bonus, that’s one fewer lane for the cars.
We both know in practice it will mean widening the street so there’s a bot lane and pedestrians have less room anyway.
Only because people like you criticize this woman instead of standing with her.
We don’t have to let them take our sidewalk from us. We can force them to give up a lane of traffic instead.
Actually… I would stand with this woman. I just believe she’s making her point poorly.
She stood in front of a robot and refused to move, but the act of doing so created the image inadvertently proving it’s not in anyone’s way… There’s plenty of people walking around the robot (and her). It unfortunately makes her mindset seem “Boomer” backwards-thinking and anti-technology on principle– rather than doing this out of care for accessibility and walkable spaces for all or “saving the sidewalk”, which by her own admission is not why she did this…
You literally aren’t standing with her, and I don’t think there’s anything she could have done differently to change that.
Well she probably could well have done something differently. Namely, probably an entirely different demonstration.
I will level with you for a moment. If I could make a comparison to another cause, I am often sympathetic to the cause of veganism. I am not vegan or vegetarian myself, but I can’t deny they often have a point when they argue the ethics of treating animals like commodities.
There’s the kind of vegan activism where you chain yourself to a truck full of cows ready to be driven to the slaughterhouse; you make a clear point and photos taken of your arrest as you’re dragged away draw attention to the undeniable reality of where your meat is coming from. It might even give a few meat eaters some serious pause; the reality is someone is being arrested so a huge corporation can proceed with a literal slaughter.
And then there’s vegan activism where you march into a fast food restaurant, bother innocent minimum wage workers, and spread fake blood everywhere…
In short, even if this woman had a point, she does just look like a bit of a ninny standing in front of a robot and (presumably) some poor fool is sat wondering where the heck his dinner is.
She literally got herself arrested and drew attention to the fact that you can be arrested for blocking delivery robots. Seems equivalent to chaining yourself to a truck full of cows. She demonstrated robots have more of a right to our sidewalks than we do.
Yes. You can also be arrested for blocking traffic.
Do you think my doing so would make people sympathise with my anti-car stance?