Tell Alexa You’re Busy Driving

The Amazon Echo Auto promises only further distraction in a place where distraction is deadly: behind the wheel.

By Andrew McDiarmid | December 10, 2019 | Automation, Cognition, Safety, Transportation | Alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo Auto, Car Accidents, Cell Phones, Digital Assistant, Distracted Driving, Driving, Multitasking, Nationwide Insurance, NHTSA, Traffic Safety

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Podcast #20: Huei Peng and Driverless Cars

A tour of autonomous vehicle testing track Mcity with director Huei Peng answers many questions, and raises others.

By Mo Lotman | September 26, 2018 | Automation, Environment, Government, Podcasts, Privacy, Safety, Society, Transportation | Ann Arbor, Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Chauffeur, Commerce, Convenience, Driverless Cars, Driving, Efficiency, Engineering, Environment, Ford, GM, Greg McGuire, Higher Education, Lidar, Mcity, Mileage, Research, surveillance, Toyota, Uber, University of Michigan

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Should the National Parks Break Up With Cars?

America’s national parks are overcrowded and underfunded. Would banning cars improve everyone’s experience?

By Monica Heger | April 26, 2017 | Environment, Health | Acadia National Park, Bears, Bicycles, Camping, Cars, Congress, Cycling, Denali National Park, Driving, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking, National Parks, Outdoors, Traffic, Wilderness, Wildlife, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park

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The Limits of Efficiency

Demanding convenience in every aspect of life might have some rather inconvenient effects: the atrophying of skills, self-worth, and wisdom.

By Mo Lotman | April 19, 2017 | Automation, Economics, Identity, Philosophy, Well-Being | Bangladesh, Capabilities, Compassion, Convenience, Driving, Drizly, Ease, Efficiency, Entitlement, Garment Workers, Happiness, Helplessness, Impatience, Inconvenience, Joy, Laziness, Peace, Reward, Self-Reliance, Walking, Wisdom

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