S1E4: The Fault In Our Cars

The first pedestrian killed by a car in the western hemisphere was on New York’s Upper West Side in 1899. One newspaper warned that “the automobile has tasted blood.” Today, driverless cars present their own mix of technological promise and potential danger. Can the reaction to that 1899 pedestrian tragedy help us navigate current arguments about safety, blame, commerce, and public space? Guests include: Missy Cummings, Navy fighter pilot and head of the Duke Humans and Autonomy Lab. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S1E4: The Fault In Our Cars is an episode from The Secret History of the Future by Slate.

This episode is 32:08 long.

This episode was published on Sep 26, 2018.

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