I don't have a horse in this "self-driving car" race. I would like to see self-driving cars become cheaper, better.

Rain / fog seems to be a fundamental problem, but Musk's "vision only" doesn't feel like the solution to me for low-vision driving.

We don't use flap bird wings on our airplanes, flap tail fins on our boats, photosensitive chemicals undergoing isomerization in our digital CCD cameras.

From a review of a book on evolution: Writer Daniel Milo said nature is full not of excellence but of mediocrity - not cut-throat competitive champions but merely the manifold forms of life that survive just well enough not to die [...] Good Enough is an important intervention that boasts none of the mediocrity that Milo finds everywhere at work – or rather, asleep on the job – in the natural world.

Forbes: What’s Happening With Luminar Stock?
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the recent decline is likely due to a broader selloff in the U.S. stock market and the mid-August public listing of AEye, another lidar player, which gives investors yet another option to gain exposure to the lidar market.
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Luminar might be well-positioned in this market, given that it has production program partnerships with OEMs including Volvo, Daimler Trucks, and China’s largest auto company SAIC. Luminar’s tech will also be standard on Volvo’s next-generation electric SUV.
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