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SCI & TECHLOW4h ago · Sep 1, 2026, 7:37 PM

Autonomous Vehicles as the Next General-Purpose Technology

Human Progress · global

Summary: Autonomous vehicles are following the classic adoption path of a general-purpose technology — the same S-curve that steam, electricity, and the automobile once traced. If current growth rates hold, human driving has one to two decades left as an everyday activity. The payoff: reclaimed time, far fewer road deaths, cities rebuilt around people instead […] The post Autonomous Vehicles as the Next General-Purpose Technology appeared first on Human Progress.

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