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How Autonomous Vehicles Will Change the World
- Why Self-Driving Car Technology Will Usher in a New Age of Prosperity and Disruption. Robot Automation, Musk, Bezos & the Electric Revolution of the Future
- Narrated by: Anthony Raymond
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Publisher's summary
Would you like to know how you'll be getting around town, playing, and working in the future?
At the 2017 World Government Summit, Tesla founder Elon Musk proclaimed: "In 10 years, it will be very unusual for cars to be built that are not fully autonomous."
Take a look at the vehicle sitting in your driveway. It may be the last one you ever own. With an estimated 33 million fully autonomous cars and taxis projected to hit the road by 2040, an automotive renaissance is soon to be upon us. Personal car ownership currently costs the average sedan owner $9,000 annually. But car ownership may soon be a thing of the past.
Autonomous vehicles will be the most disruptive technology ever deployed by mankind.
- They'll change the way we eat, cook, and shop.
- They'll change the way we raise our children and the way we choose our spouses.
- They'll change the way we display our wealth and status.
- They'll change the way we build cities and design our homes.
- They'll change the way we dispense charity and the way we think about work.
- And, most importantly, they'll change the way that we think about each other and the way we see ourselves.
Since 1900, 3.7 million Americans have died in motor vehicle accidents (about 35,000 per year). But we will soon exit these "dark ages" of transportation. Thanks to several recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, we are about to usher in a new age - one in which auto collisions, traffic jams, and road fatalities almost never happen.
Soon, autonomous vehicles (of all shapes and sizes) will roam the city streets - delivering your pizza, dropping off your latest order from Amazon, and safely driving your children to school - under the watchful guidance of a dozen digital sensors.
We're about to embark on a fantastic voyage. A journey that will bring about a new age of technological enlightenment, with the potential to produce a world of great abundance - if we can avoid screwing it all up. In this book, we'll talk about the many potholes that lie on the road to the future. And we'll discuss how you can be economically prepared for the transportation revolution that is currently underway.
Ready to learn more?
If you'd like to know what the future has in store for you, then get the audiobook today!
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In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces. With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from 45 to 72 years. The Rise and Fall of American Growth provides an in-depth account of this momentous era.
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Over-detailed, with no engaging message
- By BehA on 01-31-17
By: Robert J. Gordon
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The End of the Suburbs
- Where the American Dream is Moving
- By: Leigh Gallagher
- Narrated by: Jessica Geffen
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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For nearly 70 years, the suburbs were as American as apple pie. But in recent years things have started to change. An epic housing crisis revealed existing problems with this unique pattern of development, while the steady pull of long-simmering economic, societal and demographic forces has culminated in a Perfect Storm that has led to a profound shift in the way we desire to live. In The End of the Suburbs journalist Leigh Gallagher traces the rise and fall of American suburbia from the stately railroad suburbs that sprung up outside American cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries to current-day sprawling exurbs.
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Informative, but the title is a lie
- By Marie on 08-27-13
By: Leigh Gallagher
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The Big Roads
- The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
- By: Earl Swift
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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From author Earl Swift comes the surprising history of the U.S. interstate system, a fascinating route through the dreams, discoveries, and protests that shaped these mighty roads.
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Lessons from The Big Roads
- By Joshua Kim on 05-06-12
By: Earl Swift
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Crabgrass Frontier
- The Suburbanization of the United States
- By: Kenneth T. Jackson
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.
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There is so much to think about here.
- By Richard McKown on 06-25-23
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Sun, Sin, Suburbia
- The History of Modern Las Vegas Revised and Expanded
- By: Geoff Schumacher
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Las Vegas is gambling's mecca - Sin City the Entertainment Capital of the World with 40 million visitors a year. But that's just part of the story. This carefully documented history tracks the rise of Las Vegas from its vital role in World War II, of the Rat Pack era of the 50s, the explosive growth of the 90s, and it's colossal collapse in the post 2008 real-estate crash. It offers a history of the iconic Strip, but also profiles the neighborhoods where over 2 million people live.
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Good History of Vegas - old, modern and mundane
- By Amazon Customer on 06-13-14
By: Geoff Schumacher
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The Road Taken
- The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
- By: Henry Petroski
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly 65,000 bridges in the United States as 'structurally deficient'. This crisis - and one need look no further than the I-35W bridge collapse in Minnesota to see that it is indeed a crisis - shows little sign of abating short of a massive change in attitude amongst politicians and the American public.
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Well put
- By Lawrence on 08-10-17
By: Henry Petroski
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Triumph of the City
- How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
- By: Edward Glaeser
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the three percent of land that contains our cities. Yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, crime ridden, expensive, environmentally unfriendly. Or are they? As Edward Glaeser proves in this myth-shattering book, cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in cultural and economic terms) places to live.
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Urbanophile Brain Candy
- By Clay Downing on 12-18-15
By: Edward Glaeser
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
- By: Tim Harford
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy paints an epic picture of change in an intimate way by telling the stories of the tools, people, and ideas that had far-reaching consequences for all of us. From the plough to artificial intelligence, from Gillette's disposable razor to IKEA's Billy bookcase, best-selling author and Financial Times columnist Tim Harford recounts each invention's own curious, surprising, and memorable story.
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Thought provoking
- By Paul Norris on 09-10-17
By: Tim Harford
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- By: Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
- Narrated by: Roman Mars
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse. The show celebrates design and architecture in all of its functional glory and accidental absurdity, with intriguing tales of both designers and the people impacted by their designs.
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The 99% Invisible City
- By Louise Schraa on 01-09-21
By: Kurt Kohlstedt, and others
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What's Mine Is Yours
- The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
- By: Roo Rogers, Rachel Botsman
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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The recent changes in our economic landscape have only exposed and intensified a phenomenon: an explosion in sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping. From enormous marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist to emerging sectors such as peer-to-peer lending (Zopa), "swap trading" (Swaptree), and car sharing (Zipcar), Collaborative Consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not only what we consume but how we consume.
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An Important Topic
- By Roy on 11-06-10
By: Roo Rogers, and others
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Driving Honda
- Inside the World’s Most Innovative Car Company
- By: Jeffrey Rothfeder
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now. Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has steadily grown into the world’s fifth largest automaker and top engine manufacturer, as well as one of the most beloved, most profitable, and most consistently innovative multinational corporations.
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it was ok.
- By chris p on 11-16-18
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The Great Reset
- How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
- By: Richard Florida
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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We tend to view prolonged economic downturns, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Long Depression of the late 19th century, in terms of the crisis and pain they cause. But history teaches us that these great crises also represent opportunities to remake our economy and society and to generate whole new eras of economic growth and prosperity.
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glorification of City Life
- By Ryan Riggs on 11-25-20
By: Richard Florida
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- Peggy L
- 04-05-21
Advanced Preview Into the Future
I have a paperback of this book, which is a great read which includes photos and illustrations. The author then narrated this book by himself, so I went ahead and got this audiobook as well. Totally enjoyed the content even for someone who is maybe only 60% tech savvy!
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- marathon085
- 03-15-21
Good First Look Ahead
Good Overview Of The Possible Impact Of Driverless Vehicles On Society. Nobody can predict the future but this book really made me think about the overall implications of autonomous transportation. It opened my eyes to things societally that I hadn't considered. This makes it a great read for anyone concerned with how modernization will affect society in the near future. I would actually have given it 4.5 stars if it was an option. However, it got a little tedious near the end. Overall, I liked it and recommend it.
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- Rex Dainty
- 03-01-21
So insightful
How autonomous vehicles will change the world by author Anthony Raymond is absolutely one of the best books that gives insight and predict what future cars will be provide. This book further shed lights into the features we could be expecting in the future with technological innovation, which has massively helped solve a lot of the past automobile industry statistics.
The Author of this book has provided a thoughtful informations of the effects of automobils and how it will affect the society as well and I found it interesting.Its interesting and highly recommended
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- SisB
- 02-25-21
Informative!
My son, who is studying aerospace, found the insight in the book interesting. The book gives insight into the features that future cars will provide. It provides insight into the features we could be expecting in the future with technological innovation, which has massively helped solve a lot of the past automobile industry statistics. Men have longed to greatly transverse distance. Flying cars is nothing impossible with technological advancement. Improvement in technology has made this to be what to look for now. It will be interesting to see how all these will be.
Many companies are trying to have self-driven features in cars. The car features will have electricity, solar power, or battery, and It will have an autonomous car with no dashboard. It will have only a seat and interface. Future vehicles will have to be connected with the internet and project future speed. And the fourth feature to see is that it will be paid for via an App. Robot's taxi is what it will be. Most future cars will be delivered and not carrying people.
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- Zeke Newren
- 05-24-21
autonomous vehicles need to be here sooner
I most look forward to fewer deaths and less congestion on the road and in the parking lot. I think a lot of people will still want to be able to drive, so many autonomous vehicles will still be designed with steering wheels for those who want to satiate their desire to be in direct control of something so powerful.
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- brett lemos
- 03-03-21
AV Changing the World
Living in LA ,I was completely sold on this book, when I heard "Get rid of Traffic Jams" ,,,Less stop lights and stacked interchanges for AV. The inefficient "Normal auto". I also liked mail from a robot and Meal delivery. Well Audibled and written by Anthony !
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- Jacob Tech
- 10-23-21
Human inventions
Regarding the notion that necessity is the mother of all inventions and that mankind needs ad ed adversity in order to thrive I have some reservations. Einstein said about himself: “I have no special talent, I am just curious beyond belief”. Technology or UBI will not change human nature and income inequality will not be alleviated . I liked the book very much and some of its insights will no doubt help me make a small fortune in the stock market :)
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- Robert Townsend Reese
- 02-10-21
Thought provoking.
Author has provided a thoughtful analysis of the effects of automation on society which I found interesting. Too often technical books aim to be "Gee whiz", which can be fun to read, but are weaker in discussing how this technology will integrate with the world around it. This book deals with these details in appropriate depth, which made this a worthwhile read.
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- Dominatrax
- 11-28-21
This is my inspiration 🙌
I absolutely loved it! the ideas in this book align perfectly for my overall plan for AI in vehicles! and to think that in 2009 people were laughing at my dream of a "knight rider world", but here is Tesla, AND HERE IS THE FUTURE! in this book, is the damn future.
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- Chandler Kitching
- 03-12-21
Most interesting book I've listened to all year!
This book is the most underrated book on audible. Where has this author been hiding all my life? It doesn't matter because he will be famous once people discover this book. This book is jam-packed with the most interesting information on the planet in my opinion. He doesn't spare any detail yet he keeps the information as to the point as possible. Elon musk would be proud. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he endorsed this book one day. It's feels like Elon wrote it himself haha. For the price I paid for this book I almost feel like I was stealing. I mean you get so much information for so cheap that it's pretty much free. Just get this book. It's the only one of its kind.
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