#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 199 minutes

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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. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – Sunbasket: https://sunbasket.com/lex and use code LEX to get $35 off – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Steve’s Website: https://www.steveviscelli.com/ Big Rig (book): https://amzn.to/3EbaofP Will Robotic Trucks Be “Sweatshops on Wheels?” (article):

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Steve Vaseli, formerly a truck driver and now a sociologist
0:06.0	at the University of Pennsylvania, whose studies freight transportation.
0:11.0	His first book, The Big Rig, trucking in the decline of the American Dream explains how
0:16.4	long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue collar jobs to one of the toughest.
0:22.4	His current ongoing book project, Driverless, Autonomous Trucks, and the future of the
0:27.0	American Trucker, explores self-driving trucks and their potential impacts on labor and
0:32.4	on society.
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