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1.

Unification FAQ.

What is the self-driving EV taxi tipping point?.

The Self-driving EV Taxi Tipping Point

The self-driving EV taxi tipping point refers to the moment when autonomous electric taxis become more prevalent than traditional, individually-owned vehicles in urban transportation systems. This milestone marks a significant transformation in how cities manage transport, and it’s coming quick. 

Ever dream of hailing a silent, electric cab that drives itself? That’s the self-driving EV taxi tipping point – the moment these futuristic rides become the norm and that norm is just around the corner. On my Future Timeline I have us reaching this tipping point by 2040.

Questions like this are part of futurism, a field in philosophy that explores the potential consequences of human innovation and technological progress. Futurism is a forward-thinking approach that encourages us to imagine, analyze, and shape the future we want to create. By examining the self-driving EV taxi tipping point through a futurist lens, we can better understand the complex interplay of technological, economic, and social factors driving this transformation and prepare for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

For more future predictions and a deeper exploration of what might lie ahead, take the deep dive: explore The Future Timeline.

 


I wrote that Unification FAQ, 

and posted it to TST 2 years ago.

2.

Unification Quote.

“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.”.

  • David Hume.
  • 1748.

Hume’s quote from 1748 was not saying smart people believe nothing. He was not telling us to become frozen skeptics, afraid to trust anything. He was saying belief should be earned. Let confidence rise, but make it rise for a reason.

That is the science-first spirit. You do not commit first and defend later. You let evidence, logic, testing, and good authority do their work. Some ideas deserve strong belief. Some deserve light belief. Some deserve no belief at all, at least not yet. That is believing well: proportion your confidence to the support.

This idea later sharpened into a modern skeptical rule. Marcello Truzzi used the phrase

“extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof,”

and Carl Sagan later echoed Truzzi in his writing.

Here’s the bottom line: Truth is alignment with reality, and belief is confidence in that alignment. Calibration is the discipline of adjusting confidence to the kind and quality of support. Empirical claims answer to direct observation. Rational claims answer to indirect observations and logic. Speculative claims remain possible but unproven. Disproven claims should be released as truth. This is how secular spirituality stays honest: wonder remains open, but confidence must be earned.

 


I wrote that Unification Quote, 

and posted it to TST 4 months ago.

3.

Unification Story.

Word-Spacing.

1000 CE
40 Generations Ago

Spaces between words started circa 1000 CE because those copying texts found it easier and faster to copy if they introduced spaces between words. The 1215 Magna Carta is a good example of this quality of writing which included word-spacing, uppercase, and lowercase, but no punctuation, nor paragraphs. 

 


I wrote that Unification Story, 

and posted it to TST 4 years ago.

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