The New Yorker: We're Learning to Live With Waymos, and It's Going Weird
njrc · hn · 2026-10-21
A New Yorker magazine long-form feature examines how residents in cities like San Francisco are adjusting to daily life alongside Waymo's driverless robotaxis: from initial spectacle-watching to uneasy integration into the urban fabric, complete with unexpected interactions and new social frictions. The piece documents, in human terms, the new norms and etiquette forming between driverless cars and everyone around them.
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