Comments by "Fox" (@tomlxyz) on "Drone Delivery: Another Silicon Valley Disaster" video.

  1. Silicone valley has always been about innovation and disruption. Things like actually being better, more efficient or even working are secondary.
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  2. I don't think these people care about things like noise pollution
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  3. Problem is that historically many things that ended up being very successful sounded ridiculous to people at the time. Of course that doesn't mean anything that sounds ridiculous will be successful
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  4. ​ @reappermen they are effectively useless unless in perfect conditions
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  5. Many products/solutions from corporations solve an induced demand. Amazon tries to speed up delivery in hope to increase sales. Just think of a "I could use this right now but i won't need it in two days" type of scenario
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  6. I'd say there's a market: the things you could use rn but don't have. Or just think about if people could buy a product they just saw in an ad and get it so soon. Of course this is all really not necessary but it helps drive consumerism even further
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  7. But flying is also very inefficient. You need a lot of energy just to stay in air, you don't need energy to stay on the road
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  8. "How heavy drown downfall are we going to expect next week? Will it be safe to go outside again?"
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  9. The drones could make the last mile, like a delivery truck driving to an area, letting all drones free and they fly to their destination
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  10. ​ user-vo9wd6tx6c more like the antithesis to trains. Take a train and take things away that makes a train good
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  11. Self flying drones are not mature. And without that they're useless for delivery
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  12. ​ @homerj806 maybe all this companies are just using package delivery as a front...
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