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Apr 23, 2020 • 3 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
On the second episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, @james_m_wilt joins @parismarx to discuss the impact of #COVID19 on transportation, why tech solutions won’t solve our #transport problems, and why we must put our efforts into expanding public #transit.
If you haven’t subscribed, you can do it now to listen to this episode and get all future ones when they’re released.

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& anywhere else you listen!
If you want real solutions to our transport problems, not tech’s pseudo-solutions, you’re going to want to read @james_m_wilt’s new book, “Do Android Dream of Electric Cars?”

It’s available directly from @readBTLbooks.

I can’t recommend it enough. btlbooks.com/book/do-androi…

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