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We’re Learning to Live with Waymos. It’s Going Weird

By Molly Fischer · The New Yorker · October 2026

We’re Learning to Live with Waymos. It’s Going Weird

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"Waymo wants us to give up the car keys. But what are we if not drivers? Molly Fischer on the view from the back seat."

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