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It was clearly broad enough to me to always be true. When cars first started outpacing horses there were many concerns raised/rhetoric about how going that fas
by ianai 4y ago
It was clearly broad enough to me to always be true. When cars first started outpacing horses there were many concerns raised/rhetoric about how going that fast couldn’t ever be safe. And I’m reminded of the many “Twilight Zones” or Star Trek episodes with similar themes.
So probably to be meaningful this would look like all the technological advancements society could make but don’t. Like if the highway systems had been proposed and gone unfunded-as an easier hypothetical to illustrate the point.
- mola 4y agoI'd argue that a lot of highwat building in the US did a massive disservice to the population (maintenance debt, pollution, unsustainable city planning, neglect of public transportation) and listening to early objectors might have mitigated some of these. But they were labled as crazy moralists whatever their opinion was. Arguing with the pace and direction of progress is not the same as being anti progress, but for some parties it pays that it's perceived as such....