u/MondegreenHolonomy

Today the Revv1 FS probably saved me from having a really bad day.

I had a pickup in the lane to my left about 30 feet ahead of me while I was riding along the right shoulder at around 28-30 mph. Out of nowhere he realized he was about to miss his turn and swerved completely across my line while standing on his brakes to barely make it.

I had nowhere to go.

I grabbed both brakes as hard as I could and just hoped everything stayed under control. To the bike’s credit, the Revv1 FS stayed planted and stable through what was probably the hardest stop I’ve ever done on it. While I was braking I somehow had the presence of mind to hit the horn, and I honestly think that’s what got the driver’s attention. He jerked forward enough to give me the little bit of space I needed.

He’s still an idiot, but I’m grateful the bike did exactly what it was supposed to do when I needed it most. I rode away instead of getting loaded into an ambulance.

Just a reminder to everyone:

- Never assume a driver sees you.

- Expect people to do the dumbest thing imaginable, especially when they realize they’re about to miss a turn.

- Know exactly where your horn button is before you need it.

- Keep your brakes adjusted and your bike maintained. You don’t get to choose when your emergency braking test happens.

- Stay safe out there. Yesterday was a reminder that sometimes all the little things - good brakes, a stable bike, and a split-second reaction - are what keep you riding home.

AI should be treated as public infrastructure, not private property.

We are rapidly approaching a world where AI will be involved in education, engineering, medicine, law, research, software development, and nearly every knowledge-based profession. If AI becomes as important as electricity, the internet, or public roads, why should it be owned and controlled by a handful of private corporations?

The common objection is that government ownership would lead to censorship, inefficiency, and stagnation. Fair criticism. But private ownership creates its own problems: concentrated power, profit-driven decision making, restricted access, and a future where a few companies become gatekeepers to humanity’s most powerful intellectual tools.

The choice is not between perfect government and perfect corporations. It is between public accountability and private accountability to shareholders.

The internet began as a publicly funded project. NASA put humans on the moon. The interstate highway system transformed the country. The Manhattan Project demonstrated that governments can mobilize enormous resources when technology is strategically important. AI may be the most consequential technology of the century. Why are we assuming its development should primarily benefit investors rather than society?

I’m not arguing that politicians should dictate model outputs or that private companies shouldn’t innovate. I’m arguing that advanced AI should be developed as a public utility: publicly funded, transparent, broadly accessible, and governed in the public interest. Let private companies compete on top of that foundation, just as they do with roads, electricity, and the internet.

If AI truly creates unprecedented productivity and wealth, the benefits should flow to the public that enabled it, not exclusively to the corporations that happened to commercialize it first.