Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream | Lex Fridman Podcast #237
7,673Steve Viscelli is a former truck driver and now an economic sociologist at University of Pennsylvania studying freight transportation, including autonomous trucks. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Steve's Website: https://www.steveviscelli.com/
Big Rig (book): https://amzn.to/3EbaofP
Will Robotic Trucks Be "Sweatshops on Wheels?" (article): https://bit.ly/3vGGgpO
Johnny Cash - All I Do Is Drive (song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEHoagHlqrE
Steve's Penn Gazette Interview: https://bit.ly/3nkRPyV
More Information on Automated Trucking: http://www.driverlessreport.org/
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
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
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