Tragedy struck when a woman was killed by a driverless car. The car was an Uber taxicab, and there was a person in the car (though not driving at the time).
Uber plans to suspend its driverless car project for the time being.
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Virtual Currency, Revisited
Back in 2014, our debate topic was “In the future, all currency should be virtual.” Well, Israel took a step in that direction, when it passed a law to limit cash transactions between people and stores. They did it to stop different kinds of economic crimes, as well as to make sure the goverment collects all of the taxes to which they are entitled.
At the same time, bankers around the world met to discuss whether the countries’ central banks (the main governemnt banks) should issue virtual currency at all. They were afraid it could ruin economies and contribute to financing terrorism.
Round 3 Topic Announced
The Round 3 topic and match-ups have been announced. The topic is: Single use plastic should be banned.
Debaters, start your engines…
Moving on…
Welcome back from the break! We didn’t post much during Round 2, but there were some awesome debates that took place, including a few double headers. The topic and schedule for Round 3 will be announced this week, so if you have any last minute suggestions for what you would like to debate, please speak up!
What About Self-driving Trucks?
As we delve deeper into the topic of automated (aka self-driving) cars, we keep running into questions about self-driving trucks. Would the same rules apply? Do we need different laws for trucks than for cars? Which should come first? What about all the trucking jobs? We are curious to hear what the teams found out in their research. Round 2 begins next week. Are you ready?!
