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0 pointsabalone9y ago0 comments

You mentioned Blackberry. Pre-iPhone, the world probably would have said there isn't much you can do to innovate on smartphones. They will always need keyboards so the screen has to be small, etc.

With cars I want to underscore what I said about a "10X" improvement in safety and convenience. That is not just polishing a turd. What does it take to actually get to a car that largely drives itself, on myriad roads and conditions? It is wishful thinking to believe cars will do this all by themselves without drivers anytime soon.

Instead, think of a UI that is much more about "mind-melding" with a human driver. Letting them know exactly what it is planning to do, how it intends on navigating that stretch of Highway 1 without driving off the cliff. THAT will probably require fundamentally rethinking the cockpit. You will be mostly focused on "driving by instruments".

If they can achieve that, then we get cars that really do save thousands of lives and make the journey much more relaxing.

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matwood9y ago

One of the biggest innovations around the iPhone was the unlimited data plan and removing phone control from the carriers. IMHO, that is what changed everything. People could get a smart phone AND finally use it. SJ basically willed the change onto the phone industry. Does Apple have a personality who can do something similar again?

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0 pointsabalone9y ago0 comments

You mentioned Blackberry. Pre-iPhone, the world probably would have said there isn't much you can do to innovate on smartphones. They will always need keyboards so the screen has to be small, etc.

If they can achieve that, then we get cars that really do save thousands of lives and make the journey much more relaxing.

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matwood9y ago

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