In the long arc of humanity's relationship with movement and risk, Waymo's announcement that it will bring driverless ride-hailing to Singapore by 2028 represents more than a corporate expansion — it is a quiet renegotiation of who, or what, we trust to carry us through the world. The Alphabet subsidiary, speaking from Google's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Pasir Panjang, named safety as its founding argument, citing dramatic reductions in serious injury crashes compared to human drivers. Singapore becomes the second confirmed Asian market after Tokyo, part of a deliberate regional awakening th