Japan is behind on fax machines. The US was behind on chip-n-pin. Isn't that evidence for the possibility that manual is also a sort of hold back? I don't see h

Japan is behind on fax machines. The US was behind on chip-n-pin. Isn't that evidence for the possibility that manual is also a sort of hold back? I don't see how the chip-n-pin example helps your thesis. Anyway these are my overall thoughts on manual: https://www.cars.com/articles/why-manual-transmissions-are-dying-and-whatll-end-them-for-good-424059/ https://www.cars.com/articles/why-manual-transmissions-are-d... Also, In what situation is manual safer then automatic?