I Went For A Spin In A Driverless Car And Lived To Tell

Bill Bancroft Potato Sack Chronicles

I went for a spin in a driverless car the other day. My wife, the lovely Ms. Bancroft, feared I would never make it home alive.   FEAR OF DRIVERLESS VEHICLES She has plenty of company in her fear of driverless vehicles. A majority of people in three recent surveys – 74 percent in one – said they wouldn’t ride …

The Jetsons Are Coming, Will You Be Ready?

Bill Bancroft Potato Sack Chronicles

“Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous.” — Dr. Jim Dator, Futures Study Professor, University of Hawaii Oh, those Jetsons! George and homemaker wife Jane, their two kids Judy and Elroy and their robot maid Rosie. It’s 2030 and they’re on their way to your city. Rosie with her blinking eyes was a bit cranky so …