I enjoyed the blog.

Regarding the Digital Vortex: I have a colleague who drove from Toronto to Montreal pretty much hands-free in his enabled Infiniti. I was surprised as I hadn't realized that automation had advanced so far but it aligned with my own thinking (1) that autonomous vehicles will be much closer to the center of the storm than where you have placed this sector (with 11 being on the Edge), and (2) a key motivator is (I believe) that most people don't really enjoy driving so will embrace automation once it becomes available.