Newco Shift:

The received wisdom in the Valley is that the technology for self-driving cars is already here — we just have to wait a few years while the slowpokes in Washington get with the program. Within five years, we’ll all be autopiloted around — free to spend our otherwise unproductive driving time answering email, Snapchatting, or writing code.

Except, come on, there’s no way that’s gonna happen. Not in five years, anyway.

It’s the messy human bits which will slow it all down.

The optimism for self-driving cars is great. It will drive innovation and excitement. But it must be tempered with reality.