Why Are We Still Driving?

About this episode

The episode explores the implications of self-driving cars on society and personal driving experiences.

Self-driving cars are here. But what kind of future will they bring: safe roads and extra time or dystopian traffic jams? My guest this week is Andrew Miller, who writes about self-driving cars and transportation policy. I love the open road, so I press him on what’s lost when we give away driving to the robots.

People in this episode

Host: Ross Douthat

Guest: Andrew Miller

Topics covered

• self-driving cars
• transportation policy
• future of driving
• technology
• society

Keywords

• self-driving cars
• transportation
• future
• traffic
• policy

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