in light of recent events in boston i just want to reiterate: self driving cars are about saving lives. they are already saving lives and they will save many many more if we let them.

@tenobrus

when i was a baby my dad was driving me late at night and a drunk driver asleep at the wheel hit us head-on. my dad was in a coma for weeks. i needed hundreds of stitches. i still have a massive scar.

many years later, i got to work at waymo during the first few years we were testing, launching, and scaling in sf. there was a huge amount to do, but it all felt pretty fucking amazing when we got to see logs like this. superhuman moments.

it's easy to write off these things as just another expensive uber competitor for techies who don't want to talk to people. but humans behind the wheel are one of the top causes of death and injury globally. and one day not long from now self driving cars will make the kinds of accidents that happened to me a thing of the past.