Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?
5/29/202659 min
The “Hard Fork” team is taking a break this week as we prepare for our upcoming live show in San Francisco.
While we’re away, we’re bringing you a recent episode of “Interesting Times” with Ross Douthat that we really enjoyed.
In this episode, Ross talks with Andrew Miller, writer of the transportation policy newsletter “Changing Lanes” and co-author of the book “The End of Driving.”
Together, they explore the potential benefits of driverless cars — from fewer car crashes to reclaimed time and attention — as well as what could be lost if we don’t have to be in the driver’s seat anymore.
Guest:
- Andrew Miller, writer of the newsletter “Changing Lanes.”
Additional Reading:
- A full transcript and video of this episode can be found here.
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Kevin Roose· Host0:28
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Kevin Roose· Host0:58
We are getting geared up for Hard Fork live in just a week and a half. It's going to be a great show, and we're so excited to see so many of you there. Uh, we will be bringing you all of that fun in the podcast feed, so stay tuned for that. But this week we are off, and we're bringing you a conversation about the shift to driverless cars, one of our favorite topics. Uh, this is an episode of the podcast Interesting Times, hosted by Ross Douthat, and it is called Why Are We Still Driving? Ross talks with Andrew Miller, who writes about transportation policy and the future of self-driving cars. Uh, I found this a really enjoyable conversation.