Top Tweets for #TechnoFix
"This isn’t incremental improvement - it’s categorical: the potential elimination of traffic deaths as a leading cause of mortality. @Waymo has essentially solved intersection crashes, with 95% fewer injury incidents than human drivers." Yes, but it's a #technofix. 😩😩😩
As a neurosurgeon I care a lot about road safety.
By now you’ve probably seen @Waymo’s stunning safety results (like 91% fewer serious crashes). But they didn’t just publish data headlines. They released the raw CSV files and data dictionaries.
I did a much deeper analysis. A fascinating story emerges when you analyze how they’re achieving this.
This isn’t incremental improvement - it’s categorical. We’re looking at the potential elimination of traffic deaths as a leading cause of mortality.
The intersection breakthrough: Waymo has essentially solved intersection crashes, with 95% fewer injury incidents than human drivers in the same locations. That’s transforming the deadliest driving scenario.
The national math: If every US vehicle performed like Waymo, we’d prevent 33,000-39,000 deaths annually and save $0.9-1.25 trillion in societal costs. Even partial adoption at 27% would save ~10,000 lives per year. In terms of magnitude, this would be the equivalent of eliminating every pedestrian death nationally in a year.
The physics signature: Here’s what fascinates me: 47% of Waymo’s contacts involve less than 1 mph delta-V. They’re not just avoiding crashes; they’re converting unavoidable incidents into gentle bumps. It’s like having physics itself on your side.
We’re not talking about marginal safety gains. The data represents a fundamental shift from harm reduction to harm prevention.
The methodology matters: I used their dynamic geographic benchmarks (comparing like-for-like road conditions) and verified the findings hold across San Francisco, Phoenix, LA, and Austin. The safety advantage actually increases in more complex urban environments.
Link to raw data below….
Notes on my approach:
Analysis based on 96 million miles of Waymo Rider-Only (RO) data through June 2025, utilizing Waymo's dynamic geographic benchmarks to compare Waymo Driver performance against human drivers under similar road conditions and operational design domains.
The projections for national impact (deaths prevented, societal costs) involve several assumptions. Given Waymo's zero reported fatalities, the direct serious injury reductions were mapped to national fatality statistics using established NHTSA-derived ratios that correlate serious injury crash rates with fatality rates. This extrapolation assumes that Waymo's observed serious injury prevention capability would translate proportionally to fatality prevention. Societal cost savings are estimated by applying average per-fatality and per-injury economic costs (e.g., medical, lost productivity, quality of life) as published by NHTSA, scaling these national averages to the projected number of avoided fatalities and injuries based on Waymo's safety performance. These figures represent the potential annual impact if the Waymo Driver's safety profile were widely integrated into the national fleet.
@ethanteicher
📚 Mehr zum Thema liest Du in Olivers Buch "Zugemüllt" erschienen bei @CHBeckLiteratur : https://t.co/8J7qgtFJUh
#sozialeinnovation #müll #recycle #renew #reuse #waste #nachhaltigkeit #nachhatligkeitstudieren #systemchange #technofix #archäologie #Technologieoffenheit
Lösung für eines der fundamentalsten Probleme der Gegenwart zu finden!
Schau das ganze Video auf https://t.co/9SZXznxqAi
#sozialeinnovation #müll #recycle #renew #reuse #waste #nachhaltigkeit #nachhatligkeitstudieren #müllphilosophie #systemchange #technofix
👉 Direct air capture (DAC) is an expensive, insufficient, and environmentally incompatible #technofix that distracts (or worse: deters!) essential efforts and resources needed to phase out fossil fuels immediately. Our #oceans are not a dumping ground. https://t.co/TmLzXUUhI1
"We moeten opletten dat #ontzilting niet in de sfeer van politieke polarisatie belandt zoals kerncentrales." #technofix
https://t.co/oE7ELDmNNI
@AukeHoekstra @skdh And even if we believed all the #technofix hype about speculative technologies helping with emissions, they wouldn't address the millions of premature deaths caused by fossil fuel air pollution. Replacing fossil fuels with clean energy is a no-brainer. https://t.co/ZN8loaAHY0
Alles nicht falsch, aber kein Selbstläufer! #Bioökonomie ist eben nicht nur #biotech sondern erfordert auch breiteren gesellschaftlichen #Wandel! Das klingt mir etwas zu sehr nach #technofix. Und ohne gute Bedingungen für #Bildung und #Forschung geht’s nicht! Doch #IchBinHanna ��♂️
Mit #Bioökonomie schaffen wir die Grundlagen, um zukünftig gut leben zu können! Das hob BM @starkwatzinger hervor, als sie das Bioökonomie-Forum eröffnete. Biotech-Innovationen sind Gamechanger. Sie helfen, #Ressourcen zu sparen, ermöglichen #Wertschöpfung und sichern #Wohlstand.
Gold medal winner🏆 for worst proposal to face #ClimateCrisis. Unclear if this person is so beholden to #Technofix delusions that they don’t understand how actual reality works or if the fossil fuel industry pays them to lie. Either way this type of thinking will kill us all.
Lots of climate activists urgently need to wake up and accept that at this point the only realistic way to limit global warming is massive amounts of carbon dioxide removal, everywhere, all at once. And, yes, that will also make it possible to continue using fossil fuels.
#TechnoFix narratives claiming we can solve the #ClimateCrisis without fundamentally changing our current economic paradigm are just another form of #Climate Denial.
Yet another paper claiming future carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is key to our Paris commitments is published. This tidal wave of papers on speculative CDR contrasts to barely a ripple on fundamental shifts in norms &values, reinforcing a deep systemic bias.
https://t.co/BGj6YYwPRN
@Marien_Boonman @RikHJHarmsen @gjcats En jullie hebben gelijk, het is geen hard bewijs, @IenOResearch zou dit verder kunnen uitvragen, nu is het mijn sterke vermoeden, nadat ik jaren klimaatbeleid én de mate van ongerustheid van de NLse bevolking op de voet volg. #technofix
📣Stop the #technofix tsunami🌊in the UN or wave goodbye to a habitable planet!🔥 Support the 100+ CSOs today demanding @UNFCCC reject #FalseSolutions including risky & unproven geoengineering techs, which are already under moratoria in other UN bodies.
https://t.co/s3k5QsqJpN
This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a main emitter so this is hugely important!
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
https://t.co/RQaBV34KMN
Al die ecodenkers die zich blijven verzetten tegen elke vorm van #technofix, leven toch in ontkenning. Het 'nieuwe normaal' is hier en nu! We moeten gewoon aan de slag met ALLES wat in onze toolbox zit (zelfs als andere ongewenste effecten, kwestie van #tradeoffs). #ActNow
De zoveelste #technofix (die niet werkt) om maar niet een vastgelopen systeem te moeten veranderen;
Emissiearme en gewone runderstallen stoten evenveel stikstof uit.
Het rapport over emissiearme stallen is intussen gepubliceerd
Het vergelijkt emissiearme runderstallen met een gewone stal
De vaststelling? Beide stoten evenveel stikstof uit
Ook kippen- en varkensstallen doen niet wat ze beloven 1/3
https://t.co/l0gF5KI0ov
Thanks @farrelly_trisia for pointing me to this enlightening read by Sy Taffel: Communicative Capitalism, Technological Solutionism, and The Ocean Cleanup 👇 #Plastics #technofix
https://t.co/eBHh1mbsGp
Lees ik dat nu goed ... dat @TinneVdS hoopt op een #technofix die er nu nog niet is 🤔
https://t.co/FWlEUaHVp0
🌍Using technological measures to combat #global #warming. Is a #technofix dangerous or essential? Experts Claudia Wieners & @JeroenOomen2 hold contrasting views. Get a firsthand look at their perspectives on this question👇
https://t.co/MAxgGN53XY
The social and environmental costs of digitization and other techno-fixes have gender-based impacts.
Our latest briefing, Ditching the techno-patriarchy shows how this affects women around the world.
#CSW67 #TechnoFix
https://t.co/wZM09k9JyF
@ErnstKuiper Doet me hier aan denken
#technofix
Het probleem van het gat in de ozonlaag is niet opgelost door alle koelkasten wereldwijd te bannen, maar door technologische innovatie ... ja, geen #sociofix, maar een #technofix 🤷♂️
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