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Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by SomeOtherThrow »

Decade wrote: post #16

This legislation has only been introduced. It will take months before it is passed into law, and in the meanwhile you can protest at its hearing dates, whenever they get scheduled, and lobby your local Supervisor to defeat it. I do put its chances of passing pretty high, though. The veto-proof majority of the Board of Supervisors are anti-capitalists who hate individual freedom. They’ve been agitating for this law fo…

Excuse me, we hate individual freedom of rich assholes such as landlords, developers, and JUUL. You’re free to blow vape smoke in Tom Ammiano’s face.

Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by avocado4 »

say_it_as_it_is wrote: post #17

And this is how Democratic voters become Republicans.. Never pitch this office. These people are trying to centralize control and create a political elite-- insiders who may pass through their imaginary gates to the city. Pay to play.

> Never pitch this office

If you didn't get the memo, it won't be optional. If you come up with any idea on how to improve anything at all around you, better run it by Norman Yee first. Now get your ticket and wait in line for a few weeks to get reviewed.

Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by Axsuul »

SomeOtherThrow wrote: post #13
rubbingalcohol wrote: post #9

finally the city is doing something about those whizz-kid whippersnappers and their goofy gizmos. i'm tired of shaking my cane at these freaks when they blast by me on an electric ouija board or whatever new-fangled gadget is in mode this week. between this and the city banning all new housing developments, we're finally going to clean up the problems that really threaten quality of life here.

This is about JUUL. Also, if you don’t know what’s happening with development, please do not vote.

Pretty sure the parent comment was being satirical.

Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by dalbasal »

This aside, it might be useful to have the opposite as well (or instead).

Ie: Some portion of some city designated friendly and relatively unregulated for the testing of new technologies in public spaces... Like the Chinese special economic zones, but smaller scale.

Instead of arguing about what approach is unequivocally better, we can just have some of both. This isn't like housing where market fungibility makes it impossible (unadvisable) to have uncoordinated policies, There will still be people living there who don't like it, but you have that regardless. There will also be an element of choice, to the extent that people can/will move.

Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by raldi »

aphextron wrote: post #8

Just one more nail in the coffin for SF/bay area as an innovation center. It's been really sad to see that rent seeking and bureaucracy have completely choked that place out. I'm not sure if there will ever be another time and place like existed in silicon valley from the 70s-2000s where forward thinking creative individuals can come together in a critical mass, with an environment that allows risk taking and innovat…

You sound just like to co-creator of AltaVista in 1993: https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeSchiraldi/status/110534581682...

Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by [deleted] »

aphextron wrote: post #8

Just one more nail in the coffin for SF/bay area as an innovation center. It's been really sad to see that rent seeking and bureaucracy have completely choked that place out. I'm not sure if there will ever be another time and place like existed in silicon valley from the 70s-2000s where forward thinking creative individuals can come together in a critical mass, with an environment that allows risk taking and innovat…

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Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by SomeOtherThrow »

Axsuul wrote: post #25
SomeOtherThrow wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is about JUUL. Also, if you don’t know what’s happening with development, please do not vote.

Pretty sure the parent comment was being satirical.

His point was well taken. Nobody is against development; this is misinformation.

Re: SF to Establish Office of Emerging Technology

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Post by wpasc »

undefined3840 wrote: post #23

Too comical. Scooters are a threat to society but not record level property crime, car break ins, and opioid addiction and mental health issues among the homeless

Not to mention re emergence of medieval diseases like Typhoid [1], large and widely spread amount of human feces (which is a biohazard), and lack of housing supply which contributes to untenable housing costs.

[1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/03/typhus-tu...

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