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Xed said:

I don't think you thought your comment through... unless you want to defend how automated systems like airbags, antilock braking, traction control, blind spot warnings, lane guidance, cruise control, and adaptive cruise control have lead to less safe driving and more accidents because, as you put it, those make us actively asleep. I, for one, don't miss  having to quickly depress and release the brakes in quick succession to stop fast without locking up the brake, and I can't even imagine what it would be like to have an airbag button that I have to push the moment I'm in an accident.

Of course, you'll say that you didn't mean those things and/or that they don't count (somehow), but the absolutely do. They are autonomous systems — denoting or performed by a device capable of operating without direct human control — that have prevented a great deal of damage and minimized the loss of life, even if it means that the younger generations will never understand how and why a brake can lock up and your vehicle to skid without functional control as a result.

You're naming driving assistive features, not driving substitution. Of course we're not going to sleep, but play games instead, texting, making facetime calls, etc. ..Autopilot was always so unneed to intervene ,) It's soooooooo boring to supervise all the time, but having no joy of *driving* ,)

DavidEsrati said:

Interesting. No worries about the fighting in Ukraine?
Or any other conflicts around the world?

Perhaps this is because of a different pace. At the end of the year, death toll in Ukraine was around 9.700 people after these years, while in Gaza it's over 30.000 since October. Civilians x soldiers ratio also differs. Hard to judge...

Just add up a few tens of wi-fi networks around you, bluetooths, VHFs, UHFs, Zigbee bulbs, EDGEs, LTEs, GSMs, NMTs, FMs, AMs, DVB-Ts, DABs.. agregate it and still be sure it won’t disrupt your brainwaves, or your bodys electromagnetic field. Sure there are studies, that considered all this together right? No link to insomnia, etc.

I can tell you, whenever you switch your phones bluetooth on and off next to my head, with ears covered and closed eyes. I can feel it as a slight tension in my head, when concentrating.

Stabitha_Christie said:

As for people recording in public goes, it is perfectly legal and you don’t need to get consent. Further, removing a Vision Pro from someone would be considered assault. So, y you might want to reconsider your plan unless you want a criminal record. 

Here in Europe we have this GDPR (general data protection regulation), and sure you need to get consent. But even in America, I’m pretty sure you won’t just let it be “perfectly legal”, when some stranger comes to you, pointing his iPhnoe on you with rised arms. Just imagine, you immediately realize you’re being recorded and naturally, defending your privacy. You still have a choice to step out of the angle.
And that’s the difference! VP is pointing where your head do, but you can’t really tell, if you’re being actively observed or not. And your choice of stepping out the view is also compromised, since it’s an array of cameras with wide angle overall.

graphicsguy said:

Wow, dude. Do you push people off wheelchairs if they take too much time going through a door? There may be very legit medical and accessibility uses for VP in the very near future. Do you carry a can of spray paint to blot out all the security cameras that see you on the roads, in elevators, in stores, in pubic places, etc? Do you duct tape the mouths of people whose voices you don't want to hear? Going out in public is the very definition of giving up a bit of privacy so as to be a part of the world around us. Asking people to not focus on you is one thing, but the threat of physically attacking someone is, well... you might want to seek help. You can ASK people not to record you, and you can also get up and walk away. But you don't own that public space any more than the guy wearing the VP.

You’re trying to compare uncomparable here. Of course I don’t offend people on wheelchairs, but seriously, even your security camera example. It has another funcition, than *publicizing*. Also the social reach of security camera is near zero, in compare with some strangers youtube channel “I’m staring at people in the subway, come stare at them with me!”. Going out is giving up a bit of privacy.. yes, before a couple of eyes around you, and just in time, memorized abstractly as human brain do, non-transferable.
Going thru all your arguments about spray, voices, etc.. I’m realizing you don’t understand deeply the privacy issue here. Or more, you don’t want to understand. Still I’m Apple tech fan like you.