Talking Headway Podcast: Why Tech Won’t Save Transportation
This week, Paris Marx, author of, “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation,” talks about technologists, Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Carrier Bag Theory,” and Uber’s impact on labor laws.
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Jeff Wood
7:35 PM CDT on August 19, 2022
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