Paris Marx

Road to Nowhere by Paris Marx is an incisive critique of Silicon Valley's promises to revolutionise urban transportation. It examines the grandiose claims made by tech giants that new technologies will solve the myriad issues surrounding contemporary mobility. From autonomous vehicles to on-demand services like Uber and Lyft, from electric scooters scattered across cities to drones delivering goods, the book...

Silicon Valley wants us to believe that technology will revolutionise our cities and the ways we move around. Autonomous vehicles will make us safer, greener, and more efficient. On-demand services like Uber and Lyft will eliminate car ownership. Micromobility devices like electric scooters will be at every corner, and drones will deliver goods and services. Meanwhile, visionaries like Elon Musk...