<description>&lt;p&gt;Nate has ridden in a Waymo, and it was like stepping into the future. Maria&amp;rsquo;s never been in one, but she&amp;rsquo;s been stuck behind a lot of autonomous vehicles&amp;hellip; They swap human-driven car horror stories and discuss some of the risks and benefits of a future full of self-driving cars.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;From the New York Times: &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/self-driving-cars.html"&gt;The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr&gt; &lt;p&gt;For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://mariakonnikova.substack.com/"&gt;The Leap&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from Maria Konnikova&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.natesilver.net/"&gt;Silver Bulletin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from Nate Silver&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

Pushkin Industries

What’s In Store With Self-Driving Cars

DEC 13, 202539 MIN
Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

What’s In Store With Self-Driving Cars

DEC 13, 202539 MIN

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Nate has ridden in a Waymo, and it was like stepping into the future. Maria’s never been in one, but she’s been stuck behind a lot of autonomous vehicles… They swap human-driven car horror stories and discuss some of the risks and benefits of a future full of self-driving cars.

From the New York Times: The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.

For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters:

The Leap from Maria Konnikova

Silver Bulletin from Nate Silver 

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