One of the major benefits of our self-driving future is how much more gosh-darn productive we're all going to be. Instead of wasting brain power driving our cars to work, we'll sit back and let the ride do it for us. Suddenly, that time can be harnessed for our leisure or, more likely, to cram even more work into our days. But what will happen to all the people like me, who get sick at the thought of sitting in a car?
I'm not much of a car guy, because when I think about cars, my overriding memory is vomiting on the side of the highway. That smell of an overly warm car interior, heated by the air blowers turned up too high, makes me retch even to this day.
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