On the Freedom of Electric Vehicles
In Why We Drive, Matthew Crawford argues that self-driving cars represent a threat to freedom.
Modern driving, Crawford says, turns a traditionally active activity into a passive one; as he puts it, driving nowadays “is a bit like returning to the womb.” Thus, imagining a fully automated city in which a driver is reduced to a passenger, he sets out to de…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Marco’s Newsletter to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.