> If that was true, society as a whole would never improve. Not sure that's the conclusion to draw. The car made traveling large distances possible. Now things

> If that was true, society as a whole would never improve. Not sure that's the conclusion to draw. The car made traveling large distances possible. Now things are built on car scale distances, making walking difficult and requiring a car. > unimaginable improvement of human life in every dimension I would argue mainly materialistically. And yet we have to spend most of our lives working to pay for these comforts.