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For many, driverless cars represent a shining beacon of technological hope; for others, they represent yet another example of Big Tech’s all-consuming desire for total domination; for Dan Toomey, they represent a car without a driver, and that is very confusing for him.
An investigation featuring interviews with:
Sebastian Thrun, “the father of driverless cars” and founder of the project that became Waymo, among other things—smart cookie (linkedin.com/in/sebastian-thrun-59a0b273)
Kelly Waldron, data reporter for Mission Local (missionlocal.org/author/kellyw/)
Safe Street Rebel, activists fighting against car dominance (safestreetrebel.com/)
Barry Taranto, former board member of the SF Taxi Workers Alliance (sftwa.org/)
Sarah Kaufman, director of NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management (https://wagner.nyu.edu/community/faculty/sarah-kaufman)
Peter Norton, transportation historian / UVA professor / author of two good books about cars you should read if you’re interested in this stuff (linkedin.com/in/pdnorton)
Thumbnail design: Tom Grillo
Audience development: Jen Walsh
Created by: Jack Stebbins, Henry Stockwell, and Dan Toomey
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For many, driverless cars represent a shining beacon of technological hope; for others, they represent yet another example of Big Tech’s all-consuming desire for total domination; for Dan Toomey, they represent a car without a driver, and that is very confusing for him.
An investigation featuring interviews with:
Sebastian Thrun, “the father of driverless cars” and founder of the project that became Waymo, among other things—smart cookie (linkedin.com/in/sebastian-thrun-59a0b273)
Kelly Waldron, data reporter for Mission Local (missionlocal.org/author/kellyw/)
Safe Street Rebel, activists fighting against car dominance (safestreetrebel.com/)
Barry Taranto, former board member of the SF Taxi Workers Alliance (sftwa.org/)
Sarah Kaufman, director of NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management (https://wagner.nyu.edu/community/faculty/sarah-kaufman)
Peter Norton, transportation historian / UVA professor / author of two good books about cars you should read if you’re interested in this stuff (linkedin.com/in/pdnorton)
Thumbnail design: Tom Grillo
Audience development: Jen Walsh
Created by: Jack Stebbins, Henry Stockwell, and Dan Toomey
JOIN GOOD WORK'S PATREON FOR LIVE SHOWS AND MORE: patreon.com/cw/GoodWork
FOLLOW GOOD WORK: instagram.com/goodworkmb
FOLLOW DAN: instagram.com/dhtoomey
