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=== A phantom traffic jam like a rebel seizing power === | === A phantom traffic jam like a rebel seizing power === | ||
<blockquote>Interestingly, models have shown had just one self-driving vehicle for every 20 human-driven vehicles can dampen a stop-and-go phantom traffic jam wave. | |||
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I am reminded of this passage from [[John Brunner (nonfiction)|John Brunner]]’s ''The Jagged Orbit'' (1969): | |||
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[Tactics by which rebels seize power] go way way back to the industrial unrests of the nineteenth century, at least, and probably a good deal further. What [fictional rebel Morton Lenigo] did in Britain followed exactly the same pattern. He exploited the long-standing truth that if you can get five percent of the population behind any movement, whether it’s pro or anti, you can bring down governments. | [Tactics by which rebels seize power] go way way back to the industrial unrests of the nineteenth century, at least, and probably a good deal further. What [fictional rebel Morton Lenigo] did in Britain followed exactly the same pattern. He exploited the long-standing truth that if you can get five percent of the population behind any movement, whether it’s pro or anti, you can bring down governments. | ||
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* [https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/what-are-phantom-traffic-jams-and-how-can-technology-get-rid-of-them/172299/10 Comment] @ Boing Boing | * [https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/what-are-phantom-traffic-jams-and-how-can-technology-get-rid-of-them/172299/10 Comment] @ Boing Boing | ||
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Online diary of Karl Jones for Thursday May 28, 2020.
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A phantom traffic jam like a rebel seizing power
Interestingly, models have shown had just one self-driving vehicle for every 20 human-driven vehicles can dampen a stop-and-go phantom traffic jam wave.
I am reminded of this passage from John Brunner’s The Jagged Orbit (1969):
[Tactics by which rebels seize power] go way way back to the industrial unrests of the nineteenth century, at least, and probably a good deal further. What [fictional rebel Morton Lenigo] did in Britain followed exactly the same pattern. He exploited the long-standing truth that if you can get five percent of the population behind any movement, whether it’s pro or anti, you can bring down governments.
- Comment @ Boing Boing