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Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson
Episode: The Self-Driving Revolution Is Real—and It Could Be Spectacular
Description: What would a world of self-driven cars look like? How would it change shopping, transportation, and life, more broadly?A decade ago, many people were asking these questions, as it looked like a boom in autonomous vehicles was imminent. But in the last few years, other technologies—crypto, the metaverse, AI—have stolen the spotlight.Meanwhile, self-driving cars have quietly become a huge deal in the U.S. Waymo One, a commercial ride-hailing service that spun off from Google, has been rolled out in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and...