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		Fricken on May 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The long, winding road for driverless cars >I don't like the idea of some self aggrandizing tech entrepreneurs in SV who have decided that they know what the future of the place where I live should look like. Does Henry Ford count as a self-aggrandizing tech entrepreneur deciding what the future of the places where people live should look like?

acover on May 27, 2017 | [–]

Yes. Very much so. Henry Ford got extremely rich off his business. He then tried to dictate every aspect of his workers lives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford

prodmerc on May 27, 2017 | [–]

Well, he loves his car...

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