Nuance is everything, exactly.

I think when it comes down to it though (and I do often think about this), is what the goal for the future is. Like do we want to just freeze everything as it is? Or live in some techno-futurism "utopia"? Or something else?

How far do we want to take "understanding our world and our risks" before enacting our vision?

I think one of the main problems in society, right now, is that philosophically, not only are we not aligned in our deeply detailed goals, not only do we not know each other's goals, but we hardly know our own goals.

It's something I think we as people living in society need to refocus on and discuss, openly. It's a hell of a time in history to bring up this sort of idealistic conflict, but if not now, then when? There are so many things pulling at our needs for resources and individual attentions, it's a marvel we've even gotten this far.

Honestly, the biggest problems in the world right now are attaining power to even enact said goals of focused discussion of philosophy, because the powers that be seem hell bent on society at large avoiding that at all costs.

Your personal car doesn't make 50 deliveries in a day though, so that equation won't work out.

It should be way more efficient considering they could do a pickup from a restaurant near their last delivery. Play the traveling salesman game decently and you'll easily beat individuals driving themselves many times over. The driver might also do a pickup job from a restaurant they like and decide to get their own food at the same time.

slightly more efficient that each person driving to the restaurant

Of course. But the correct solution here doesn't require any individuals driving.

they usually take several orders at at time

I'd like to see some stats on this. When I see uber eats workers pick up at McDonald’s the orders seem to be singular.

But my anecdotal experience is not usable data.

is that a manhattan thing, or does that apply to other boroughs?

Having one person deliver multiple meals to different people in a single trip sounds more sustainable than each individual person making the round trip...

If you "think" enough about it everything but living in cave fucking a rock is unsustainable and a result of you being too dumb to do everything yourself.

Bet you lazy bastards don't even sew your own leathers. You'd rather "trade your surplus income for goods and services."

Goddamn millennials.

How so? Do ingredients for home cooking just apperate? Should everyone live on a farm with public transit nearby?

bringing people food is ableist

Well I meant in NYC specifically but that’s interesting.

Well apparently there is considering it’s a popular service. I’m not sure what you mean by this.

With the tax being $8.04, the order is not that small.

Pizza delivery has been popular for several decades. Pizza is cheap but they made the numbers work. It's actually weird that it was just pizza until recently.

The cost is middlemen needing to get their cut. Half the cost here is them getting their cut. $15 to use an app one time is what is unsustainable here.

These things for college campuses are great. They take up no more space than a person and can be a huge help when one is busy or sick.

When you’re disabled and cannot leave your home, this kind of stuff becomes a lifeline.

Pneumatic tubes!

An instant burrito in every home!

rofl

exactly why airport pizza has such an amazing business model, because pizza can be delivered efficiently by aircraft to places up to a couple hundred miles away without relying on non-existant roads or rail

I will order 4 or 5 meals at once and then put them in my fridge to eat over the next week.

In SF it's definitely done by electric moped

I mean in NYC specifically.