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

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

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommended

Men and Machines

Harry Bridges

“one thing i would recommend to you and your listeners if you really want to see some like a remarkable page”
“harry bridges who was the socialist leader of the longshoremen... he put out a photojournal report called men and machines”— Steve Viscelli

The guest's own work

BookBy the guest

The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream

Steve Viscelli

“you wrote a book about trucking called the big rig trucking and the decline of the american dream”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guest

Driverless: Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker

Steve Viscelli

“you're currently working on a book about autonomous trucking called driverless autonomous trucks and the future of the american trucker”— Lex Fridman

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

MediaReferenced

All I Do Is Drive

Johnny Cash

“one of them i was just listening to it's called all i do is drive where he's talking to an old truck driver”— Lex Fridman
ProductReferenced

Cadillac Super Cruise

Cadillac

“another very sad story that i was really excited about is cadillac super crew system... it's a nice innovative way of doing driver attention monitoring”— Lex Fridman
ProductReferenced

Tesla Semi

Tesla

“gotta ask you about tesla... they've got a semi on the way they got a truck on the way what are your thoughts about tesla semi”— Lex Fridman