Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes on the future of transportation: automated, electric, shared
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Channel: This Week in Startups · 2016 · Education
WATCH FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/s-D9PKDytzs "Door to Door" @EdwardHumes on future of transportation as automated, shared, electric: solves costs, congestion-w/@jason-THX @Audible_com Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Edward Humes joins Jason to discuss one of humankind's greatest innovations and persistent problems: transportation. The two talk about Edward's latest book, "Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation," the technology behind the "have it now" economy, industry's revolution in the form of containerization (& its hidden costs, e.g. carbon emissions), the transportation juggernaut that is Dominoes Pizza, how to bully the Google car, security on planes & cargo ships, the future of autonomous cars & drones, best options for sustainable fuel, China as our greatest frenemy, and much more. Join us!
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