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Crawford, Matthew B.
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Crawford, Matthew B.
Autonomous vehicles.
Autonomous vehicles -- Social aspects.
Automobile driving -- Psychological aspects.
Automobile travel -- Psychological aspects.
Automated vehicles -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- 21st century.
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Crawford, Matthew B.
Crawford, Matthew B.
Autonomous vehicles.
Autonomous vehicles -- Social aspects.
Automobile driving -- Psychological aspects.
Automobile travel -- Psychological aspects.
Automated vehicles -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- 21st century.
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Why we drive : toward a philosophy of the open road / Matthew B. Crawford ; illustrations by the author.
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Crawford, Matthew B.
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Call #:
303
.483
C899w
Subjects
Crawford, Matthew B.
Autonomous vehicles.
Autonomous vehicles -- Social aspects.
Automobile driving -- Psychological aspects.
Automobile travel -- Psychological aspects.
Automated vehicles -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780062741967 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Toward a philosophy of the open road
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A brilliant, first-of-its-kind celebration of driving that views the open road as a unique pathway of human freedom, one now critically threatened by automation. Once we were drivers, the open road alive with autonomy, adventure, danger, trust, and speed. Today we are as likely to be in the back seat of an Uber as behind the wheel ourselves. Tech giants are hurling us toward a shiny, happy 'self-driving' future, selling utopia but equally keen to advertise to a captive audience strapped into another expensive device. Are we destined, then, to become passengers, not drivers? Why We Drive reveals that much more may be at stake than we might think. Ten years ago, in the New York Times-bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, philosopher-mechanic Matthew B. Crawford -- a University of Chicago PhD who owned his own motorcycle shop -- made a revolutionary case for manual labor, one that ran headlong against the pretentions of white-collar office work. Now, using driving as a window through which to view the broader changes wrought by technology on all aspects of contemporary life, Crawford investigates the driver’s seat as one of the few remaining domains of skill, exploration, play -- and freedom. Blending philosophy and hands-on storytelling, Crawford grounds the narrative in his own experience in the garage and behind the wheel, recounting his decade-long restoration of a vintage Volkswagen as well as his journeys to thriving automotive subcultures across the country. Crawford leads us on an irreverent but deeply considered inquiry into the power of faceless bureaucracies, the importance of questioning mindless rules, and the battle for democratic self-determination against the surveillance capitalists."
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