> there is ample evidence that homelessness can be solved if there is sufficient political will to implement a structural solution
The unresolvable problem of homelessness is this: how do you house these people without concentrating poverty? The reason this is unresolvable is because if you build housing only for the homeless, that is by definition concentrating poverty. If you try to house them in multi-family housing, those who live there who work and pay taxes will move out, because unfortunately many of the homeless bring anti-social tendencies with them (and nobody wants to live next to a person addicted to drugs, even if they're on the path to recovery). This experiment happened in both the Netherlands[0] and in St. Louis[1].
This isn't an easy solution that just requires "political will". It's a very complicated problem that requires the study of incentives, mental health, economic factors, etc. (all mentioned in the original article).
Pods are trying to normalize bare minimum shitty living conditions with high rent.
Imagine paying $700 and not having personal toilet, kitchen, bathroom, a place to keep your things or even a place to comfortably sleep/sit. This is pure exploitation unless it's an exotic tourist attraction.
It is completely honest. The question was "What fraction are driven by a remote safety driver???". Fleet response agents do not have the ability to remotely drive the vehicles. From your own source: "The Waymo Driver [...] is in control of the vehicle at all times".
> can buy this thing and be on their phone when the car could potentially turn into oncoming traffic is mind boggling
This is incorrect. Teslas have driver monitoring software, and if the driver is detected using a phone while driving, will almost immediately give a loud warning and disable FSD.
