As we trudge our way through this recession, it is sometimes hard to believe that progress can still occur. We hear numerous reports of our auto industry largely going under, which undoubtedly leaves many of us to believe that there is no sign of relief. What is a pessimist to do in these circumstances?
Considering individual loss of wealth (exacerbated by the credit crisis), people will begin to fear. This fear is not unfounded: for instance, what do you do if you get injured when there is not enough income coming in? What if you’re uninsured? It would make sense to me that companies would be focusing their efforts to make the public feel safer. This leads me to something I read about last week.
OnStar, which interestingly enough is a subsidiary of General Motors, announced on May 13th that they are improving their service by integrating their technology with Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D mapping. Essentially what this does, it gives responders a more specific location of the driver in peril. While this does nothing to prevent accidents from occurring, it is nice to know that the ever-expanding safety net is being constantly refined. Failure and Progress can exist simultaneously.