This book by Harry Bridges came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Steve Viscelli. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream | Lex Fridman Podcast #237
“harry bridges who was the socialist leader of the longshoremen... he put out a photojournal report called men and machines”— Steve Viscelli
The guest here is Steve Viscelli: A University of Pennsylvania sociologist and former long-haul truck driver who studies freight transportation. He authored 'The Big Rig' and is writing 'Driverless' about autonomous trucks and labor. A sociologist and former trucker explains how long-haul trucking collapsed into a near-minimum-wage job and what autonomous trucks could do next.
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