NanoSteps Brainstorming 2 - Stepping Out

[robkelk]

"Yeah, we got those kids out of that runaway school bus, but that was a couple of days ago and nothing's happened since then. That might have been be the last time I'll ever get to drive with him."

I shook my head. "Lisa, you've got a job as long as you want it. So does Soichi, ..." I turned to the other person in the conversation. "... and so do you, Lorna." (Why did this teenager remind me so much of Belldandy? Anyway.) "Traffic control for an entire city is what we call an 'emergent system' back home. There will always be unexpected behavior somewhere in the system, so there will always be runaway cars. Sure, complex systems can be made safer, but they can't be made completely safe."

"So there'll always be a need for us! We can keep driving!" Lisa grinned - finally.

I grinned back. "Let's stay in practice, then. You up for a few laps around the track?"

"You've got it! I'll beat that bike of yours this time, Doug!"

Spoiler

eX-Driver, a short series written and illustrated by Fujishima Kosuke (which is why Lorna is so much like Belldandy)

--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012