It definitely isn’t as valued, because most people nowadays seem to think that stoicism means being cold and uncaring. And when you tell people “No, it’s about being happy with less,” they’ll ask why they should want less when they can have more. The “more more more” culture we’ve had in the US for the past…

As someone who has both struggled with mental illness (depression) and has spent years trying to work on many of the stoic principles in the article, I agree with you that it can be harmful, but I also think it can be helpful. It’s all in how it’s phrased and how someone approaches it.

I don’t think it’s beyond reason to have one either. I think we need one. I just want to make sure it isn’t easily defeated, like a button someone holds down, or like this: http://jalopnik.com/comment-of-the…

They can spell it out all they want there, but people don’t read the terms and conditions. They just don’t, no matter how much better things would be if they did. That needs to be taken into account.

That’s a good point about planes...assuming everyone knows the FAA regulations. The vast majority of people don’t, and they would think that autopilot means a pilot can turn the system on, then go do other things for a little while. The colloquial understanding of what the word means isn’t the same as the…

Clever idea, sadly outsmarted by resting a brick on the peddle. =/

“It is not beta software in the standard sense.”

Does G.E. Miller know that the word “spendthrift” means “a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way”?

They should have disclosed because it could have been a failure with their technology. If there’s even a chance of that, you disclose instead of taking people’s money based on expectations about autopilot that may not be true.

As other comments have noted before me, “Even with the woefully incompetent SEC you’re absolutely right, when even a slight question exists-disclose.”

Don’t get me wrong, I think Tesla does some amazing things. I’ve dreamed of owning a Model S for years, and I hope they last a long time and do really well. There’s no schadenfreude in my remarks here.

Tesla has shown that in the past they they can very quickly pull up very detailed data, like how long a car door was open, so I’ll bet you they could have very easily learned that the car was on autopilot within those 11 days. It’s not unfair to expect them to say “A fatal crash occurred while a Tesla Model S was…

The cause of the accident was that the car did not recognize the trailer, and drove under it. Tesla has already stated that the car can have trouble “seeing” things hanging from the ceiling, so it’s a known issue that the car can’t really “see” above its own hood. With that acknowledgement, and seeing the crash…

The first fatal accident that occurred using their much-hyped autopilot software could very well be material to the sale of stock. It shows that they’re talking up and releasing features that aren’t ready for prime time, especially when this is case of “Oh, maybe we should have thought of that before and added sensors…

What are you going to do now that you’ve won yourself COTD?

This car sounded pretty great, but that Mercedes GT? I was in love.

Seconded. The most well-known part of the Parkway, makes sense they’d use it in a display.

Simple Rule: You can’t judge people by the price range of the car they drive, but you can judge them about the car they choose in a given price range.

And those seats. Is it just me, but do they look like the flattest, most uncomfortable seats they could find?

They can be nicely complementary sometimes, if it’s a really, really faded shade of purple. I think. In my opinion.