Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil
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Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City
Joanne McNeil
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss the proliferation of delivery bots and robotaxis and how they recycle disproven claims about how technology will improve transportation.
Guest
Joanne McNeil is a freelance writer and the author of Wrong Way and Lurking: How a Person Became a User.
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Links
- Joanne wrote about delivery bots and robotaxis for the New York Review of Architecture.
- She’s doing an event in Los Angeles discussing social media on November 1.
- Uber’s driverless car killed a pedestrian, and the company scapegoated the backup driver.
- Sleep Dealer is a sci-fi movie by Alex Rivera.
- A GM Cruise self-driving car hit a pedestrian and dragged them 20 feet before stopping.
- Even Chuck E. Cheese is getting into the ghost kitchen business.