How native speakers pronounce “drivers”

where does all of our impatience come from what are the drivers of our Roadrunner culture I think several things are a

Running

The hippocampus is the part of the brain that in London taxicab drivers becomes enlarged. It's the part of the brain that allows squirrels to find their nuts.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

I think what you're saying is how comfortable are humans with this technology being better drivers than humans? You know, it goes back to the status quo.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

People don't generally view themselves or their neighbors or their friends or everyone they know as unsafe drivers, even when they're distracted, drunk, tired and angry.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

I actually do assume most of the people I know are not good drivers. I'm the biggest backseat driver.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

One. Two, jobs that exist today, everyday drivers, we have to hire them too,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

We have to accumulate miles in order to validate our software. So we hire drivers constantly, or our partners hire drivers in different parts of the world.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

So we hire drivers constantly, or our partners hire drivers in different parts of the world. We also need people who can, you know, take care of our depots,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

Now, I make my living talking to people: Nobel Prize winners, truck drivers, billionaires, kindergarten teachers,

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

for those lucky enough to be able to pick careers and choose jobs the drivers are more complex

Work

One of the largest data sets we have is from Uber. It contains 740 million trips by 1.8 million drivers between 2015 and 2017.

What is a gig economy?

and found that once you deduct Uber's cut and the cost of business expenses, drivers’ average earnings dropped from about $22 an hour to about $12 an hour. And buying benefits would reduce that number even more.

What is a gig economy?

that many people use to deliver packages. Drivers are matched with shippers, and 99 takes a cut. The company’s terms and conditions hold both the shipper and the driver

What is a gig economy?

put themselves in the top 5%. In another study, 88% of American drivers described themselves as having above average driving skills.

Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning

These kinds of decisions can sometimes crop up in real life with human drivers. In 2020, a car in Michigan swerved to avoid a truck

Why Does Uncertainty Bother Us So Much? | Adam Kucharski | TED · TED

Before we get too deep into theoretical dilemmas, we should remember that humans often aren't very good drivers. (Laughter)

Why Does Uncertainty Bother Us So Much? | Adam Kucharski | TED · TED