Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream | Lex Fridman Podcast #237

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:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Steve’s Website: https://www.steveviscelli.com/
Big Rig (book): https://amzn.to/3EbaofP
Will Robotic Trucks Be “Sweatshops on Wheels?” (article): https://bit.ly/3vGGgpO
Johnny Cash – All I Do Is Drive (song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEHoagHlqrE
Steve’s Penn Gazette Interview: https://bit.ly/3nkRPyV
More Information on Automated Trucking: http://www.driverlessreport.org/

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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:44 – Ethnography
12:57 – Challenges of driving a truck
31:36 – Trucking industry: State of affairs
1:04:41 – Future of autonomous trucks
1:30:57 – Solving the automated truck dilemma
2:02:52 – Role of society in automated trucking
2:30:01 – Tesla and revolutionizing the trucking industry
2:49:41 – Hope and final thoughts

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