# Our Unevenly Distributed Future - Allen Pike

<https://allenpike.com/2024/distribution-of-the-future>

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## What Jamie wrote

Pike's article is really about knowing how to pick trends and determine as a technologist where to invest your time. Having a career in technology is having a career in learning. However, I truly appreciated his Waymo story.

> His eyes lit up. "Have you tried the self-driving cars yet?" A couple taps on his phone and a few minutes later, an algorithm was piloting us across the city.
> 
> As I understand it, my first experience in a self-driving car was typical:
> 
> - Minute 1: "How safe is this? Will it notice that cyclist? What about those construction cones?"
> - Minute 10: "This is wild. It's driving so calmly and safely. I love it."
> - Minute 20: (Bored, checking my email in the back seat.)
> 
> It was like a firmware update to my brain.

I think the simplest version of this for me was when I first replaced a spinning hard drive with an SSD. It was plain and obvious this is supremely better and all storage should be this. I felt similar when I first drove a Tesla, this was obviously better and all cars should be fully electric. I still think that even with the recent slowdown in electric. It is not as obvious for Web 3 and crypto, but it also isn't obviously not.

I also love Pike's observation on how quickly his expectations changed. Bored in 20 minutes. And then what he instantly thought of the previous method. 

> But Waymo [hasn't gotten approval to drop off at SFO yet](https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/18/waymo-sfo-robotaxi-regulator/), and I had a flight to catch, so I booked an Uber, old-school style. I climbed in, and felt… a little uncomfortable. The ride was a bit erratic. Who was this human driver, exactly? Will he notice that cyclist? And why can't I control the music?
> 
> I'd glimpsed the future, and quickly become an on-demand transport snob.

Expectations of technology change quick.

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