<story><title>Amazon Prime Air</title><url>http://www.amazon.com/b?ref_=tsm_1_tw_s_amzn_mx3eqp&amp;node=8037720011</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kyro</author><text>This concept and forward thinking is of the type I make a conscious effort to protect from skepticism and naysayers. Aside from any obvious or glaring safety issues, ideas like this one, that teeter on the reality-joke line, are the exact ones that bring about true disruption. And that&amp;#x27;s why I encourage everyone around me to keep an open and forgiving mind, like you would with a child.&lt;p&gt;Will Amazon Prime Air work? I don&amp;#x27;t know, but I hope so.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ruswick</author><text>Agreed. So far, I&amp;#x27;ve seen nothing but specious fear-mongering and nonsensical &amp;quot;what-if&amp;quot; arguments against this thing.&lt;p&gt;I can understand why people doubt the feasibility of drone delivery, especially given the legal impediments to adoption. Frankly, I doubt that this type of service will be practical within four years. What I can&amp;#x27;t understand is why people openly reject the &lt;i&gt;idea&lt;/i&gt; of drones.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t see how Prime Air is any less safe or efficient than sending thousands of five-ton metal boxes barreling down residential streets. I don&amp;#x27;t see why a five-pound piece of plastic falling from the sky poses an appreciably greater risk than a branch falling on you. I don&amp;#x27;t see how people can draw parallels between small, low-altitude consumer drones and military UAVs. The level of fear surrounding this announcement makes no sense.&lt;p&gt;The response to Prime Air goes far beyond skepticism. It&amp;#x27;s incoherent, fanatical pessimism, and it&amp;#x27;s really dissapointing.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon Prime Air</title><url>http://www.amazon.com/b?ref_=tsm_1_tw_s_amzn_mx3eqp&amp;node=8037720011</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kyro</author><text>This concept and forward thinking is of the type I make a conscious effort to protect from skepticism and naysayers. Aside from any obvious or glaring safety issues, ideas like this one, that teeter on the reality-joke line, are the exact ones that bring about true disruption. And that&amp;#x27;s why I encourage everyone around me to keep an open and forgiving mind, like you would with a child.&lt;p&gt;Will Amazon Prime Air work? I don&amp;#x27;t know, but I hope so.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dakrisht</author><text>Well said. It&amp;#x27;s original thinking like this that moves us forward as a human race. And in order to move forward, you have to take huge risks, face uncertainty and do whatever you can to prove everyone wrong.</text></comment>