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OftenBen  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When drones fall from the sky

    "quadcopters are not bound by roads"

I would argue most cars aren't. Some are more bound than others, but on the whole I think roads (With the exception of cities, because concrete is hard) are more suggestions than rules.

    "cars can't fall from the sky"

No, but planes do, and we trust them with human lives, not iPad mini's. With any technology there's going to be some failure rate. We just have to weigh the possible risks against possible benefits, and I think long term it's going to balance out, to some degree or another, in the favor of commercialized drones.

As long as people drive cars, get on airplanes, and fly spaceships, you're going to have a hard time convincing me that unmanned drones are a bad idea.