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Everything filed under self-driving cars self-driving cars Everything filed under electric vehicles electric vehicles Everything filed under robotics robotics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Spreading jobs into a polycentric region does not cut commuting: transit ridership is weaker there than in cities with one strong centre. Spreading jobs into a polycentric regiondoes not cut commuting: transit ridershipis weaker there than in cities with onestrong centre. Last stated 6 months ago 10 Mar 2026 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: No dense city anywhere runs without heavy reliance on transit, and no new transport technology changes the space arithmetic that makes that true. — tap to centre the map on it No dense city anywhere runs withoutheavy reliance on transit, and nonew transport technology changes thespace arithmetic that makes thattrue. Last stated 12 years ago 4 Nov 2014 JW Jarrett Walker — holds since 2014-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Replacing big transit vehicles with small ones puts more vehicles on the street to move the same people, which is the one thing a dense city has no room for. — tap to centre the map on it Replacing big transit vehicles withsmall ones puts more vehicles on thestreet to move the same people,which is the one thing a dense cityhas no room for. Last stated 10 years ago 21 Jul 2016 JW Jarrett Walker — holds since 2016-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Self-driving cars will not fix commuting; the US needs public transportation instead. — tap to centre the map on it Self-driving cars will not fixcommuting; the US needs publictransportation instead. Last stated 3 weeks ago 19 Aug 2026 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are JW Jarrett Walker — holds since 2014-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Frequent fixed-route buses are the only way to cover a whole city with useful transit quickly, which makes them a land-use decision rather than a fallback. — tap to centre the map on it Frequent fixed-route buses are theonly way to cover a whole city withuseful transit quickly, which makesthem a land-use decision rather thana fallback. Last stated 10 years ago 21 Jul 2016 JW Jarrett Walker — holds since 2016-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Giving a profligate transit agency more political support makes it worse, because it confirms that spending more is what gets rewarded. — tap to centre the map on it Giving a profligate transit agencymore political support makes itworse, because it confirms thatspending more is what gets rewarded. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jan 2023 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2023-01-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data. — tap to centre the map on it A five-year-old's vision is alreadygood enough to drive a car, on atiny and strikingly undiverse amountof data. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service. — tap to centre the map on it A good robotaxi demonstration in onecity does not mean the company isready to scale the service. Last stated a year ago 8 Jul 2025 TL Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2025-07-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled. — tap to centre the map on it A huge fleet collecting driving datais not a silver bullet forself-driving, because the dataarrives unlabelled. Last stated 2 years ago 21 May 2024 TL Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2024-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas. — tap to centre the map on it A highly dynamic economy thatcheaply mass-produces robots mayincrease rather than decrease therisk of Malthusian resourcedilemmas. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it. — tap to centre the map on it A humanoid robot is the wrong toolon a factory floor, because amachine specialised in the taskbeats it. Last stated a year ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI agent has to be safeon day one, because you cannot shipsomething merely good enough and letusers find the edge cases. Last stated a month ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake. — tap to centre the map on it A hybrid is a poor machine becauseit carries two complete powertrains,and most e-bikes repeat the samemistake. Last stated 5 years ago by 9 Nov 2021 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2021-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel. — tap to centre the map on it An acre of solar panels poweringelectric cars carries you orders ofmagnitude further than an acre ofcrops grown for fuel. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: China leapfrogged the West on cars by treating internal combustion as obsolete and mastering the technology that replaces it. — tap to centre the map on it China leapfrogged the West on carsby treating internal combustion asobsolete and mastering thetechnology that replaces it. Last stated a week ago 29 Aug 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Spreading jobs into a polycentric region does not cut commuting: transit ridership is weaker there than in cities with one strong centre. Last stated 10 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago Holds Alon Levy Read this korrent →