(December 17, 2018 at 11:45 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Cars were more accessible, from the point of view of government. Specifically in that it didn't have to buy them. It's one of those self reinforcing kind of problems. We need to get around. We couldn't afford to get around. We all individual hauled our asses around. An entire infrastructure was formed around it, siphoning off trillions upon trillions over the decades. Now that infrastructure threatens to undo us.....but......we still need to get around, even moreso than before.
Heh, we need to get around less if we can use UPS or some other delivery company to deliver our stuff that we used to go to the store for. That's a bit simplistic, but I remember when people used to go to (and still do go to them, to some extent) swap meets to get things they wanted on the cheap. Nowadays it's Amazon or something, and UPS delivers it. I just sold some machining equipment to someone on the other side of the continent. That equipment is pretty much obsolete, but he wanted it. Cheap shipping FTW! NFW would he or I have driven half way, for example, to effectuate a transfer. Not for $200.
I'd venture to say that at some point the internet will reduce our need to "get around", as far as informational things are concerned. But a delivery system will still be required for physical objects. It's late and I'm going to sleep soon. But I find this topic interesting. I'll pick up on it tomorrow. Don't solve it all before I get back, OK?
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
