How to Keep Your Wheels Turning Smoothly Despite the Automation Paradox
The better machines get, the more we might struggle when they fail — but not when we act with foresight and intention.
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Unlike my previous car, the car I drive now beeps when I get too close to things and can brake automatically when the car in front of me slows down.
I’m a much more confident driver now that I don’t have to worry about close encounters of the scratch-y/dent-y kind. Lights left on? No worries! There’s a beep for that, too.
It wasn’t until I found myself behind the wheel of a hire car recently that I saw those features as anything other than a boon. A budget vehicle, it was conspicuously beep-less! I was on my own.
Fortunately there were no major incidents with the hire car, but I surely missed those beeps and felt markedly less confident without them.
