David Friedberg

We can't let that happen.

We can't let that happen.

We have to stop robots from killing people versus looking at the second order and third order effects, which is significant reduction in overall fatalities, improvement in safety, and so on.

We have to stop robots from killing people versus looking at the second order and third order effects, which is significant reduction in overall fatalities, improvement in safety, and so on.

And that seems to be the organizational problem, right?

And that seems to be the organizational problem, right?

Totally.

Totally.

I saw this in San Francisco when they gave away needles and then they created this sort of safe space for people to do fentanyl and do drugs and shoot up by giving them free needles and saying, you can do it here.

I saw this in San Francisco when they gave away needles and then they created this sort of safe space for people to do fentanyl and do drugs and shoot up by giving them free needles and saying, you can do it here.

so they could reduce the transmission of HIV and other diseases that are transmitted via needle.

so they could reduce the transmission of HIV and other diseases that are transmitted via needle.

And it's like, well, what percentage of people do you think are now going to have a higher proclivity to do fentanyl and do these drugs that's going to create so many more fatalities than the HIV ever would have?

And it's like, well, what percentage of people do you think are now going to have a higher proclivity to do fentanyl and do these drugs that's going to create so many more fatalities than the HIV ever would have?

It's just very thoughtless in the overall view.

It's just very thoughtless in the overall view.

And I do remember when the COVID pandemic first began, in one of the first episodes we did of this show,

And I do remember when the COVID pandemic first began, in one of the first episodes we did of this show,

I specifically talked about the lack of leadership in being able to synthesize multiple data streams, which is what a leader's job is, is to see the whole field and to make a decision on how do we win the game or how do we win the war versus listen to the one person that's the safety commissioner that says, this is how you save lives.

I specifically talked about the lack of leadership in being able to synthesize multiple data streams, which is what a leader's job is, is to see the whole field and to make a decision on how do we win the game or how do we win the war versus listen to the one person that's the safety commissioner that says, this is how you save lives.