One Small Step For A Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind: Autonomous Cars
Famous poet Boey Kim once said in the poem “Report to Wordsworth” that all humans are “insatiate”. Whilst searching for an appropriate contemporary example to base this blog post on, I stumbled across the thought-provoking article (as can be found below in the sources) about retired race-car driver Sam Schmidt being issues the first license for autonomous cars. Seeing this article instantly made me think of the poem I mentioned above, because these type of cars are definitely a result of us humans being insatiate and constantly moving forward, especially with marvellous technology. The poem is relatively dark, and the word insatiate isn’t exactly positive, but it made me reflect on how the business world is always changing with new products because we are insatiate, pushing the world to be an even more innovative and advanced place. I think this is relatable to what we have learned so far as it is a big step forward in technology as well as the market.
The inevitable invention of the autonomous car heavily marks just how far human beings have come with technology. This is a new era, where the impossible is happening, where the world is changing and where humans are just more and more innovative. Cars like these link to what we have studied so far in Comm 101 through several different manners: marketing, finance and ethics. Hence, I am going to explain how it is connected to all of these, showing why business operates in an interconnected system.
Auto-cars have been marketed heavily since before they were even invented. They could be seen as one of the most marketed products of all time, with almost everybody hearing “they’re coming one day”, showing just how remarkable such a product is. Finance is also obviously a very important aspect in business, tons of money and time has been put into the research & development, as well as the creation of these cars. There were several ethical implications in the creation of auto-cars; whether they would be safe, whether they would use less gas, whether they would cost drivers their jobs, however, in the end they have come out as very efficient cars, proving to be for the greater good.
The highly innovative car is a perfect example of what we have learned, because as highlighted in the paragraph above, it links into the different segments we have learned about, showing that this product was has an interconnected system of all different business fields, which illustrates that businesses are not just one department, but a function with several different considerations.
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References:
“Report To Wordsworth By Boey Kim Cheng.”. So don’t be afraid to let them show Your true colors. N.p., 2011. Web. 2 Oct. 2016.
“The Ethical Dilemma Of Self-Driving Cars – Patrick Lin”. TED-Ed. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 Oct. 2016.
WIRE, BUSINESS. Businesswire.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 Oct. 2016.