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Self-Driving Car Debate 5: "Amazoox" Monday July 20, 11am PDT

Submitted by brad on Thu, 2020-07-16 12:54

Join I and a panel of "sharks" for an online debate triggered by the recent acquisition of Amazon.com. Some of those issues are:

  • What does this mean for the battle between tech giants, auto giants and start-ups?
  • What are the reasons for the down-turn and who else might fall to it?
  • What was the Zoox vision and will Amazon truly follow it, or was this an acquihire?
  • What happens if Amazon automates delivery and logistics? Can other retailers compete?

The debate takes place on Zoom, at 11am PDT, 2pm EDT on Monday.

Topic: 
Announcements
Robocars

Bitcoin reward cut in half again, with much less effect than one should expect

Submitted by brad on Tue, 2020-05-19 14:40
Chart of the last year of Bitcoin hashrate

On May 11, a major event took place in the bitcoin world, yet it had no negative effect on the price of the coin and much less effect on mining than it would seem it should. This event is known as the "halving," and it means the reward for mining bitcoins was suddenly cut in half.

Topic: 
Technology
Tags: 
bitcoin

Monday 2pm EDT, Zoom Tank on future of Public Roadway Transit

Submitted by brad on Sun, 2020-05-17 20:11

I didn't pick the topic, in spite of having written a bunch on in yesterday, but tomorrow we will do another debate in our "Zoom Tank" on the topic of the good and bad news for roadway public transit.

The main debaters are Jarrett Walker from Human Transit, and Randal O'Toole, the "antiplanner" from Cato Institute who is always full of amazing data.

After the short debate, the four sharks, including yours truly, tear into the debaters and their arguments, and then the audience has a go.

Topic: 
Robocars

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