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Steve Viscelli - Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
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Steve Viscelli is a former truck driver and now an economic sociologist at University of Pennsylvania studying freight transportation, including autonomous trucks.
Books mentioned
The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American DreamSteve ViscelliPublished: Apr 12, 2016 Timestamp: 0:43
Timestamps
- 0:44 - Ethnography
- 12:57 - Challenges of driving a truck
- 31:36 - Trucking industry: State of affairs
- 1:04:41 - Future of autonomous trucks
- 1:30:57 - Solving the automated truck dilemma
- 2:02:52 - Role of society in automated trucking
- 2:30:01 - Tesla and revolutionizing the trucking industry
- 2:49:41 - Hope and final thoughts