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icetank | 4 months ago

But it would probably makes economic sense. A big cost of delivery is the personal that actually does the delivery. It might not be viable for all packages but probably for the premium delivery that promises sub 1 hour delivery.

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hermitcrab|4 months ago

>But it would probably makes economic sense.

Only if you don't price in all the externalities: loss of delivery jobs, environmental cost of the drones, cost of drones hitting people, cars, buildings and powerlines etc.

maxerickson|4 months ago

Replacing jobs with better or lower cost alternatives is not an externality.

Like if you switch from a low quality butcher to a higher quality butcher, you are not imposing a cost on the lower quality butcher.

You can not like it as a consequence of course, whether it is an externality or not.