They aren’t “programing all possible situations”. An autonomous car decides what to do by matching patterns of what it is seeing, and what it has seen before. It is similar to how a 18 year old with a brand new driver’s license learns how to drive. That is why they are “training” it by logging thousands of miles…

They are not just doing it because they don’t like driving. They are also trying to reduce the number of people who die while driving/commuting. In 2013, 32,000 people died in the US:

You use a work site as an example of something that can’t be automated, but it actually is the first place autonomous vehicles are starting to take over:

Well done, you should have gotten COTD

Are you being sarcastic? Bankruptcy is a mechanism established by the government to save you from suffering the full consequences of your actions. A true libertarian would take responsibility for his or her mistake of borrowing too much and become an indentured servant to the bank.

Yes

The key piece is separating happiness from buying stuff. If you know people who are saving a lot but the present day is never fullfilling to them then they are missing that key piece. Happiness can come from spending time with your friends and family (like your 70 year old mom), and you don’t need 4 cars and 2…

They also don’t think of the other side of the slippery slope:

Actually if you follow MMM’s advice then you will have $1500 in pocket to do spontaneous repairs. Remember he is not just talking about buying used vs new, he’s talking about a full lifestyle change of saving greater than 60% of your income. Even if you’re only making $50k a year, in a couple of months of saving that…

Excellent article. I found MMM 6 months ago and have been following his advice ever since. I am saving 75% of my income, learning how to fix things myself in my apartment, and reading books on Stoicism. It is a life changer. Whenever I go out now I can’t help but be amazed at how ridiculously wasteful everyone is.

You’re not gonna like it, but MMM espouses a bike only society.

I heard that the Mongols would have clothing made out of field mice when they started. Field Mice clothes!

Did you spend more because of lower gas prices?

In what programming language is “=/=” “not equal to”?

Chile

100% agree. See my plan:

Yeah this is the best looking one in the list.

Great rebuttal to a rebuttal.

Exactly, you won’t really care if your job gets replaced by a robot if you own the robot.

I can be considered wasteful when people spend more than 4% of their income on an asset that just sits idle and doesn’t produce any value. Think about the opportunity cost when people blow 10% of their pay check on a BMW lease.