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Abel Gustafson
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co-founder of XandY, prof at UC | social psych, comm strategy | PhD @ UCSB, postdoc @ Yale | embracing uncertainty
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Reincarnate me as one of those little airline baggage trucks just happily buzzin around the tarmac 🛻
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Something akin to a new year's resolution: This year, I want to spend more time on respect than I do on contempt.
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Also, more than half (61%) say they feel "afraid" about AVs while only 13% say they "trust" them.
This suggests consumers prefer incremental innovations that improve safety without giving up control.
We should position self-driving as an evolution from ADAS rather than a sudden leap.
July 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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It's going to be an uphill climb for autonomous vehicles.
In AAA's survey, only only 13% of U.S. drivers say a fully self-driving vehicle is important to them, where as 64% of want automatic emergency braking, and 59% want lane-keeping assistance.

newsroom.aaa.com/2025/02/aaa-...
AAA: Fear in Self-Driving Vehicles Persists
ORLANDO, FL (Feb. 25, 2025) – According to AAA’s latest survey on autonomous vehicles, 13% of U.S. drivers would trust riding in self-driving vehicles –
newsroom.aaa.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Are younger Americans more likely to own crypto? The data says YES... but with an asterisk.
Typically with new tech, you'd expect younger people are more likely to participate. But in our national study, we see that ownership drops dramatically among adults under 25, despite peaking in ages 25-34.
July 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
rankings imho:
effective alchemist > effective alpinist > effective arborist > effective altruist > effective anarchist
December 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Reincarnate me as one of those little airline baggage trucks just happily buzzin around the tarmac 🛻
January 12, 2024 at 10:19 PM
In the winter we should have shorter workdays so that some daylight is left for nonwork.

And in the summer we should have EVEN shorter workdays bc it’s summer yay
November 13, 2023 at 4:15 PM
I get the feeling that indoor plants are bored.
All the fun stuff happens outside
May 19, 2023 at 1:46 PM