TEASER: Way Too Many Tech Bros
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2021
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
It sure was a busy week for our transportation tech bro overlords. Elon Musk announced a deal to build another one of his car tunnels beneath the waterlogged streets of Fort Lauderdale, Florida while also admitting that, "haha" the self-driving cars he's been promising for years aren't going to happen any time soon. Malcolm Gladwell launched the new season of his "Revisionist History" podcast with an episode that comes across like a demented advertorial for robot cars. And a tech bro named Jason Crawford spent the better part of a day arguing on Twitter that "cars are one of the most amazing and wonderful inventions in all of history." In this special episode for our Patreon supporters, Andrew Hawkins, senior reporter at The Verge, joins Doug and Aaron for a deep dive into the tech bros and their vision for the future of transportation. Plus: Lance Armstrong! As if it couldn't get any more bro-ish.
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Elon Musk's tweet announcing that, "Haha" he won't be able to keep his promise to deliver full-self driving car technology any time soon.
"I Love You Waymo," the first episode of the new season of Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast.
"Cars are one of the most amazing and wonderful inventions in all of history." A day-long piece of social media performance art by "former tech founder" Jason Crawford.
Elon Musk's Boring Company pitches underground transit loop to Fort Lauderdale (The Verge)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Aaron Napaestack, and welcome to a special war on cars episode just for our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:07.0 | In this one, we're talking about Transportation Tech Bros. |
| 0:11.0 | There have been a lot of tech |
| 0:13.2 | in our news feeds lately and sure that's pretty normal these days |
| 0:18.8 | But it's almost starting to feel like the tech bros have decided to launch a counterinsurgency against the war on cars. |
| 0:25.9 | They're very aggressive and they're all over the place. |
| 0:29.7 | Joining me for what turned out to be a very fun 45 minute conversation is my co-host Doug Gordon |
| 0:35.8 | and Andrew Hawkins, senior reporter covering Transportation for The Verge. |
| 0:42.0 | If you want to listen to the whole episode, |
| 0:44.1 | just go to the War on Cars.org |
| 0:46.0 | Click support us and join our Patreon campaign. |
| 0:48.8 | Starting at just $2 a month, |
| 0:50.2 | you can hear this one, |
| 0:51.3 | plus lots of other bonus content. We'll send you some |
| 0:54.0 | more on-car stickers, you'll get discounts on merchandise, and our undying |
| 0:58.0 | appreciation because we couldn't produce this podcast without your support. |
| 1:02.6 | So here we go. |
| 1:03.6 | In this clip, we're talking about journalist |
| 1:05.8 | Malcolm Gladwell, who just launched |
| 1:07.8 | the new season of his podcast, Revisionist History. |
| 1:11.3 | Episode one is titled Have We we misunderstood the future of the automobile? |
| 1:17.0 | Enjoy. |
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