{"id":548,"date":"2009-04-17T21:34:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T21:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/04\/lexus-reinventing-awareness-or-dulling-it.html"},"modified":"2009-04-17T21:34:29","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T21:34:29","slug":"lexus-reinventing-awareness-or-dulling-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/04\/lexus-reinventing-awareness-or-dulling-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Lexus: Reinventing Awareness or Dulling it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4110\" href=\"http:\/\/onecity.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/17\/lexus-reinventing-awareness-or-dulling-it\/reinventingawareness\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4110\" src=\"https:\/\/onecity.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/reinventingawareness.jpg\" alt=\"reinventingawareness\" width=\"510\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom the fine print:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8221; The new Lexus RX has unparalleled powers of observation.\u00a0 Available Dynamic Radar Cruise Control detects when the car traveling in front gets too close and <strong>automatically slows you to maintain your following distance<\/strong>&#8230;..<br \/>\nWhen an accident cannot be avoided, the available Pre-Collision System activates to <strong>help reduce collision damage<\/strong>.\u00a0 The available VDIM system can help sense and <strong>respond to skids before they even happen<\/strong>.\u00a0 And as for you, the available Heads-up Display helps you <strong>keep your eyes focused on the road<\/strong> so that no detail will escape your notice.\u00a0 A wide range of technology, all carefully designed to meet the needs of the driver&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\nIt sounds like Lexus is building the first motor vehicle to attain cessation of traffic Samsara:<br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4108\" href=\"http:\/\/onecity.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/17\/lexus-reinventing-awareness-or-dulling-it\/cardetail\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4108\" src=\"https:\/\/onecity.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/cardetail.jpg\" alt=\"cardetail\" width=\"510\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI can&#8217;t help but make the comparison between these automated systems on the Lexus RX and the Buddhist idea of establishing &#8220;good habits&#8221; so that even when we (or driver of the car) aren&#8217;t 100% aware, we can still have some confidence that our subconscious habits (car technology) will minimize the damage and knock us back on course to full awareness&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230;Where the comparison crashes and burns (bad analogy?) is that THERE IS STILL A HUMAN DRIVING THE CAR AND THEY BETTER THE F@#$ BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN FRONT OF THEM.<br \/>\nIs there a Buddhist concept for a false sense of awareness?<br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4109\" href=\"http:\/\/onecity.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/17\/lexus-reinventing-awareness-or-dulling-it\/not-a-substitute\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4109\" src=\"https:\/\/onecity.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/not-a-substitute.jpg\" alt=\"not-a-substitute\" width=\"510\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the fine print:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lexus: Reinventing Awareness or Dulling it? 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